Professional Summary

  • Detail-oriented mechanical engineer with 11 years of experience of experience developing and launching over 40 products across various industries, including consumer electronics and accessories

  • Passionate about creating innovative solutions that deliver exceptional user experience by balancing functionality, quality, manufacturability, and cost-efficiency with aesthetics and ergonomics

  • Proficient in design, product lifecycle management, and working cross-functionally

  • Proven ability to lead projects involving ID, CMF, PM, marketing, electrical, operations and supply chain teams

Work Experience      

Fictiv, Oakland, CA/Remote

August 2024-Present
Technical Content Editor

  • Produce technical content, including articles, e-books, and design guides, covering manufacturing processes such as CNC machining, injection molding, sheet metal fabrication, and die casting.

  • Develop physical product designs from concept to production for a documentation series explaining the process

  • Manage agile projects in Asana, coordinating internal and external contributors to ensure timely content delivery

  • Write, edit, and design technically accurate and visually engaging content, incorporating images, and figures

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product, search, and growth marketing teams, as well as engineering SMEs

  • Support digital marketing efforts, contributing to social media, email campaigns, and copywriting

Freelance/Personal, San Francisco, CA

January 2023-August 2024

Facture Group, Engineering Consultant

  • Collaborated on the development of a neonatal blanket to treat jaundice using integrated LEDs

  • Led concept brainstorm, design, sourcing and testing of LED configurations and material layers

Hangel, Entrepreneur

  • Created a unique system of household products with Onshape CAD modeling, prototyping, patent application, user research, testing, content marketing, and advertising campaigns

Closet Connection, Apprentice

  • Fabricated and installed custom closet solutions while learning the business and sales from the owner

                                                                  

FORME Life, San Francisco, CA                                                                                                            

September 2021-December 2022

Senior Mechanical Engineer

  •  Lead development and validation of workout accessories with various materials and construction for Studio Lift

  • Design of Advanced Lift Attachment pack to enable double the force output of the Lift unit

  • Support design and documentation of forged aluminum, sheet metal and electrical-interfacing parts

  • Plan and execute hands-on testing for numerous components and assemblies for the entire system

  • Interact closely with suppliers in Taiwan on manufacturing and quality issues

  • Collaborate with electrical, firmware, and software engineers as well as customer-facing team members

Popsockets LLC, San Francisco, CA                                                                                                               

September 2017-August 2022

Senior Product Design Engineer

  • Develop consumer electronic accessories and other products from brainstorming and ideation phase into large scale production

  • Build out new product lines ranging from drinkware to wearables while supporting generational changes of mounts and grips

  • Lead individual projects while multitasking others and mentoring less experienced engineers and designers

  • Iterate designs by modeling in SolidWorks and collaborating with industrial design and engineering team

  • Utilize surfacing knowledge to improve overall form and aesthetics while maintaining robust functionality

  • Prototype with multiple 3D printers, laser cutter, and numerous hand tools to test and prove out designs before tooling

  • Integrate multiple materials including hard plastics, TPU, TPE, sheet metal, hardware, fasteners, and adhesives

  • Create and review 2D drawings including SPC and CTQ dimensions utilizing GD&T

  • Reduce time to market with occasional travel overseas to work directly with Chinese manufacturers to solve tooling and design issues immediately on the ground

Speck Products, San Mateo, CA                                                                                                                       

May 2016-September 2017

Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Designed phone, tablet, and laptop cases as well as other related consumer products using Pro-E/Creo

  • Worked side by side with industrial designers to design for manufacturability while maintaining aesthetics and design intent

  • Owned multiple new innovation projects while also being the go-to engineer on simultaneous case products

  • Developed ratcheting mechanism for robust holster clip and integrated into a new design center

  • Planned, executed and analyzed various drop testing for products to validate design and marketing claims

  • Interacted directly with overseas vendors on DFM and troubleshooting manufacturing issues to drive changes and improvement

Catalyst Product Development Group, Indianapolis, IN                                                                            

August 2014-April 2016

Product Design Engineer

  • Led multiple projects and was involved in full design process of a wide variety of products from initial brainstorming to 3D CAD modeling, prototyping, testing, and in-house manufacturing

  • Developed innovative industrial design concepts through full product lifecycle

  • Worked side by side with our clients, product development team, and manufacturing team to create products with balanced aesthetic appeal, functionality, and manufacturability

  • Designed various sheet metal, injection molded, and machined parts and assemblies using SolidWorks and Pro Engineer modeling and FEA

  • Key projects included an air-less tire, gambling station, collagen-grinding steel drum assembly, IP67 rated mining device electronics enclosure, bathtub R&D, point-of-purchase coupon scanner, handheld radar gun, and more

Medica Corporation, Bedford, MA                                                                                                                   

December 2012-June 2013

R&D Mechanical Engineering Co-op

  • Designed and built assembly and test fixtures for injection-molded ISE (Ion Selective Electrode) cartridge

  • Created detailed part models, drawings and bill of materials, working directly with machinist to build parts

  • Assembled cartridge prototypes and tested in support of iterative design to meet chemistry requirements

  • Designed and built ultrasonic welder sound-damping enclosure using primarily 80/20 components to meet OSHA requirement of 85 decibels

  • Implemented fixture utilizing pneumatic slide to plug cartridge holes for quicker pressure testing verification of prototypes

  • Carried out tolerance stack-ups on component dimensions to ensure hermetic seal with assembly

  • Performed minor machining with CNC and lathe in machine shop

Keurig, Reading, MA                                                                                                                                                 

January-July 2012

Brewer Engineering Co-op

  • Contributed to development of a new coffee brewer product by way of design and testing of the system and its components

  • Built prototype brewers using transducers, conductivity probes, microcontrollers, valves, and fittings

  • Modified puncture needle and brew head in SolidWorks and printed 3D prototypes with FDM machine

  • Utilized soldering iron, Dremel, drill press, air compressor, hot knife, power supplies, relays, band and hole saw

  • Evaluated engineering drawings from contract manufacturer to verify accuracy and correspondence to CAD files

  • Developed and implemented extensive test plan to optimize brew and purge cycle to reduce dripping after brew

General Electric Aviation, Hooksett, NH                                                                                                               

January-July 2011

Quality Engineer Co-op

  • Worked on airplane engine components to reduce non-conformances throughout the sectors, tubing, and blisk businesses

  • Collected and analyzed data to recognize and implement process improvements by troubleshooting root causes

  • Improved first time yield by 20% and reduced braze rework costs in GE90 cell by $3,325 per week ($18.86 per part shipped)

  • Performed inspection and minor rework of incoming and returned hardware with various devices

 
 

Education

Northeastern University, Boston, MA                                                                                                                                 

May 2014

Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering

GPA: 3.71

Honors: Dean’s List, Excellence Scholarship

Activities: ASME, Men’s Club Ice Hockey, CENSISS Work-Study, Athletic Operations Assistant, Intramural Sports

Technical Knowledge

Software: SolidWorks, Pro-E/Creo, Onshape, Google Workspace (G Suite), Adobe CC, Microsoft Office, Windchill, PDM, ANSYS, AutoCAD, Minitab, MATLAB, C++, Jira, Monday, Slack, ChatGPT, Grammarly

Prototyping: 3D printing (FDM, SLA, SLS), CNC, lathe, laser cutter, band saw, drill press, dremel

Metrology: Optical comparator, microscope, calipers, gauges, micrometer, 3D scanning

Manufacturing: Injection molding, machining, forging, extrusion, sheet metal, ultrasonic welding, heat staking, urethane casting, die casting, compression molding

Core Skills

Problem solving, creativity, analytical, project management, prioritization, multi-tasking, collaboration, communication,

user empathy, mentorship, failure analysis, mechanisms, statistical process control, flexibility, teamwork, DFA, DFM

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Interests

Ice hockey, snowboarding, golf, hiking, sketching, cooking, photography, writing, community service