Highlights
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Advising clients on part design, material selection, manufacturing strategies, and sourcing
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Designed and shipped functional prototypes of a novel medical device intended to reduce hospital acquired pressure injuries for intubated patients
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Designed and shipped prototypes for watersports safety equipment
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Square2 Studio LLC
Self-Employed
Mechanical Engineering Consultant
June 2024 - Present
Skills
CAD (Onshape), sourcing, prototyping, injection molding DFM, client acquisition
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Neuralink, Inc.
Robot Hardware Team
Highlights
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Designed, built, and implemented a variety of manufacturing tools and equipment including multiple pneumatic presses and an end-of-line test device used for robotic consumables
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Promoted after ~1 year to manage 4 direct reports and oversee all in-house manufacturing of robotic and surgical consumables
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Created BOMs, part drawings, manufacturing SOPs, V&V tests, label designs and guidelines, and various FDA documents
Mechanical Engineering Manager
March 2024 - June 2024
Mechanical Engineer
February 2023 - March 2024
Skills
CAD (solidworks), equipment design, prototyping, V&V testing, GMP requirements, equipment qualification, vendor qualification, team leadership, MES systems

W.L. Gore & Associates
Deployment Systems Platform
Highlights
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Developed and implemented material collection fixture for extruded catheter components, improving both yield and eliminating need for non-conforming material collection
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Developed prototype manufacturing tool for post processing injection molded components, anticipated cycle time reduction by 75%
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Supported extrusion line for catheter components used in endovascular deployment systems
Process Engineer
September 2022 - June 2023
Skills
CAD (solidworks), equipment design, design controls, extrusion manufacturing

Tesla Motors, Inc.
Interiors Department
Highlights
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Reduced cost of interior hard trim components by approximately $40 per vehicle for new Model 3 through should-cost analysis (estimated $40 million annual savings)
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Developed prototype interior component concept and presented to VP of Design, feedback was overwhelmingly positive
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Received offer for further employment
Mechanical Design Engineering Intern
June 2022 - August 2022
Skills
CAD (CATIA V5), should-cost analyses, prototyping, injection molding DFM, snap fit design
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POBA Medical
Highlights
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Managed 5 figure client project as an intern including gathering design requirements, generating drawings, designing and machining custom tooling, manufacturing custom blow molded components, and shipping to customer
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Designed and built multiple pieces of test equipment using 3D printed components, PLC controllers, and pneumatics
Mechanical Design Engineering Intern
July 2021 - April 2022
Skills
CAD, CAM, CNC machining, blow molding, catheter design and assembly, equipment design