Summary
Mechanical design engineer with diversified experience in designing, qualifying, and manufacturing solutions in the consumer products, energy, and industrial machinery industries. Disciplined approach to engineering projects with emphasis on finding innovative solutions. Enthusiastic team contributor, flexible, hard-working, dependable.
Proficiencies
- Proficient in SolidWorks 3D CAD, SolidWorks Simulation FEA, EPDM, PLM data management, ECO/ECR process, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), and Python.
- Strong engineering design skills, including proficiency in stress analysis, FEA, CAD, reliability testing, tolerance analysis, design for manufacturability, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
- Leader and collaborator, guiding teams of mechanical engineers and coordinating with cross-functional groups to develop and implement designs into mass production.
Professional Experience
iFIT, Logan, UT (Remote)
Senior Mechanical Engineer (November 2024 – present)
- Perform FEA to validate and optimize new designs prior to physical testing.
- Manage BOMs and drawing packages to fully document the product and the design intent.
- Guide engineering interns with tasks directly improving production.
Nautilus/BowFlex, Vancouver, WA
Senior Mechanical Engineer (June 2022 – April 2024)
- Lead and collaborate between cross function groups, including UI/UX designers, industrial designers, and electrical engineers, and program managers, to develop next generation products, including treadmills, weight benches, and strength machines. Co-ordinate between stakeholders for key product features and deliverables, including cost, timelines, and mass production manufacturability.
- Integrate ergonomics with product design using full-body ergonomics, percentile human CAD models, and static strength software to quantify loadings on user’s body. Perform design iteration to optimize user experience.
- Continue all duties of prior mechanical engineering role with respect to design, testing, and manufacturing.
Mechanical Engineer (July 2016 – June 2022)
- Perform technical analysis on each product design, including risk assessment, design for assembly and manufacturing, packaging design plan, ergonomic analysis, and DFMEA for sub-systems.
- Successfully lead efforts with China-based contract manufacturers to deliver products to our specifications, through email, phone, and physical visits to partner factories in mainland China.
- Perform calculations, tolerance analysis, and stress analysis (FEA) to optimize designs. Coordinated physical test requirements to validate theoretical findings.
- Product design using manufacturing methods: machined metals, cast metal parts, injection molded plastic, sheet metal, steel welding; Integrate electronics and PCBs into mechanical design.
- Prototyping in-house to validate designs prior to hard tooling and to explore new product/innovation concept designs.
- Manage BOMs and drawing packages to fully document the product and the design intent.
Tomra North America, Portland, OR (September 2013 – July 2016)
Mechanical Engineer
- Provided technical support of products to customer via email, phone calls, and visits to installations based on field failures and issues.
- Created documentation to allow future technicians access to information on how to resolve issues based on root cause analysis of in-field failures.
- Designed, prototyped, and installed Reverse Vending Machine to receive ink and toner cartridges utilizing sheet metal, welded tube steel, optical sensors, motors, among others.
- Generated manufacturing packages including BOMs, assembly instructions, and machine manuals.
Leed Fabrication, Brighton, CO (April 2012 – September 2013)
Mechanical Engineer
- Developed detailed design of pressure vessels in compliance with ASME Section VIII Division 1 and in compliance with unique customer design requirements.
- Generated manufacturing packages including BOMs, part and assembly drawings of pressure vessels, sheet metal and weldment design, and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID) utilizing 2D AutoCAD.
- Developed system for standardized part creation, ensuring dimensional accuracy and reducing drafting time by 60%.
Southwest Windpower, Flagstaff, AZ and Broomfield, CO (August 2010 – April 2012)
Mechanical Engineer (October 2011 – April 2012)
- Established new facility, including R&D lab setup and management.
- Performed thermal loading analysis on PCB enclosures using SolidWorks thermal package for next generation products.
- Designed mobile wind turbine tower for temporary installation with large vehicles.
Manufacturing Engineer (August 2010 – October 2011)
- Designed and built new product manufacturing line for next generation wind turbine, implementing lean production concepts. Developed all work and process instructions.
- FEA/simulation and rapid prototyping (3D printing, metal fabrication) to redesign castings for two product lines to reduce product in-field failures.
- Designed and built mechanical components for UL compliance test equipment.
- Re-designed parts/assemblies for manufacturability and cost reduction prior to new product launch.
Education & Additional Coursework
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Northern Arizona University, May 2010 Summa Cum Laude (GPA: 3.94)
- Fundamentals of Engineering (FE), Passed, October 2012
- Graduate Certificate Human Factors Engineering & Ergonomics, Pennsylvania State University, May 2022
- Graduate coursework, Purdue University, August 2022 – December 2023
- AI Programming with Python Nanodegree, January 2019 – April 2019
Patents and Publications
- Free-weight Exercise System: US Patent 12,134,022 (Issue 11/5/24)
- Swivel Mount for Display of Exercise Machine: US Patent 11,918,881 (Issued 03/5/24)
- Stationary Exercise Machine with Four-Bar Linkage Transmission: US Patent 11,724,152 (Issued 08/15/23)
- Tilt Enable Bike with Tilt Disabling Mechanism: US Patent 11,291,883 (Issued 04/5/22)
- Rowing Machine: US Patent 11,013,952 (Issued 05/25/21)
