Collins Aerospace
Phoenix, AZ January 2022-Present
Sr. Design Mechanical Engineer (Engineer III)
- Responsible for leading on-site Mechanical Engineering Design Team.
- Manages different engineering-related roles amongst peers, including Sustaining Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain and Supplier relationships.
- Assigns tasks and collaborates with fellow stakeholders to meet objectives and deadlines.
- Mentors Manufacturing Engineers, Production Technicians, Interns and College Engineering Capstone Team.
- Uses high-level foresight to anticipate potential problems and resolutions to meet project deadlines.
- Manages team members, resources and deliverables of the program.
- Manages Sustaining Engineering-related tasks for all product and programs onsite.
- Ensures all non-recurring engineering costs meet budgetary constraints.
- Develops engineering process for engineering/production.
- Performs concurrent engineering evaluations on parts/assemblies such as Dimensional Toletance Analysis, etc.
- Conceptualizes designs and confirms performance meets customer requirements.
- Creates technical/2D drawing specifications of the parts and assemblies.
- Assists in stage gate design reviews both internally and externally.
- Assisted in LOPSU Standard Work for CAD modeling and drawing implementation and standardization.
- Created Standard Work for Supplier Requests process for commercial products.
Collins Aerospace
Phoenix, AZ June 2019-January 2022
Manufacturing Engineer (Engineer II)
- Pursued CATIA VS scene integration into work instructions, aiding in clearer assembly views.
- Collaborated with Engineering for progressing product designs to aid in manufacturability.
- Modeled vibration fixtures, tooling and assembly fixtures for Production Manufacturing.
Participated in Change Control Board- updating documentation for Supplier Quality/Production driven changes.
Implemented 3D printing, produced fixtures and tooling, resulting in an average cost savings of $500 per fixture.
- Assisted in LOPSU Standard Work for CAD modeling and drawing implementation and standardization.
- Created Standard Work for Supplier Requests process for commercial products.
Collins Aerospace
Phoenix, AZ June 2017-June 2019
Manufacturing Engineer Intern
- Supported Production M.E. for Lean Manufacturing- time studies, assembly flow and floor layout.
- Inventory Control/Management on wire stock, reduced time to locate correct part by 10 minutes, reduced duplicate items inventory by over 35 duplicate part numbers, and produced standard storage.
- Implemented and managed software with cutter/stripper, decreasing variables in length and processing.
United States Air Force
Ellsworth AFB, SD September 2009 - January 2014
B-IB Instrument and Flight Control (IFC) Technician
- Preflight diagnostics of malfunctions through use of technical orders, schematics, and test equipment.
B-IB Instrument and Flight Control (IFC) Technician
Preflight diagnostics of malfunctions through use of technical orders, schematics, and test equipment.
- Completed avionic system modifications and kept accurate aircraft documentation.
Coordinated work between engineers, technicians, and other aircraft maintenance personnel.
Post flight interpretation of flight data to diagnose malfunctions and systemic performance problems.
Summary of Skills
- Leadership - U.S. Air Force shift supervisor for B-1 Bomber, responsible for Red X orders for B-1 Bomber, high school FIRST Robotics mentor, career mentor at University Veteran's Center - Grand Canyon University, Arizona State University engineering capstone mentor, lead Manufacturing Production Engineer at Collins Aerospace, lead Design Mechanical Engineer at Collins Aerospace.
- Management - ability to assume leadership roles within the company as needed.
- Fabrication skills - CAD design, tooling and assembly fixtures.
- Critical thinking - Effective in analyzing relevant information to increase efficiency in production settings.
- Rapid prototyping.
- Reverse engineering.
- Electromechanical Systems troubleshooting.
- Root Sum Square tolerance stack-up analysis.
- Convergence planning - ability to manage, direct, and communicate projects at a high-level overview.
- Quality control analysis - inspections, process control and part quality.
- Twelve (12) years of relevant leadership, management, engineering, and troubleshooting experience.
