Manufacturing & Test Engineer (Satellite Deployable Mechanisms)
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
On Orbit Reflectors
Mission Extension Pod
GPS IIIF Mechanisms
Situation
Extremely accelerated and compressed delivery schedules
Restricted supply chains and extensive procurement timelines
Task
Own and Coordinate all program manufacturing and test campaigns to meet performance criteria
Drive Program build and test milestones to meet IMS targets
Action
Facilitate Manufacturing Readiness, Test Readiness Reviews, and Activity Hazard Analysis reviews
Designated Program Representative to Spacecraft Customer
Facilitate assembly-level vibration test planning
Coordinate with Engineering, Quality, and Operations to achieve program delivery schedules
Generate and populate Discrepancy Reports and support Material Review Board and Failure Review Board
Balance Build and Test Resources to meet program milestones
Direct Spacecraft First Motion deployment testing
Generate and own Manufacturing Work Instructions (MWIs) and Test Procedures and control hardware configuration
Result
100% On Time Delivery
All programs validated to meet or exceed performance criteria
All programs are either currently in spacecraft integration or are on orbit
Generate, Coordinate and Execute Manufacturing Work Instructions (MWI) and Test Procedures (QTP /ATP) to enable spacecraft deployable mechanisms build and test campaigns
Interpret Drawings, MIL-SPEC, DOORS and NASA performance specifications to generate pass/fail criteria, procedures, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), MS Project Schedules, Conformance Matrices and End Item Data Packages (EIDP)
Perform Design for Manufacturability (DFM) drawing reviews and provide final approval for manufacturing
Facilitate: Customers, Suppliers, Partners and Stakeholders to lead: Critical Design Reviews (CDR), Manufacturing Readiness Reviews (MRR), Test Readiness Reviews (TRR) and Pre-Ship Reviews (PSR)
Perform Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA), Failure Review Board (FRB), and Material Review Board (MRB) when non-conformances and escapements are identified to draft Dispositions and deploy Corrective Actions
Design, procure, assemble, and integrate Ground Support Equipment (GSE), Customer Furnished Equipment (CFE) and flight hardware final packaging
Modify tooling and line balancing to meet manufacturing throughput demands
Lead cross-functional teams within technically iterative environments
Tooling Engineer (Carbide Cutting Tools)
Haas Automation, Inc.
Situation
Generate carbide cutting tools and tool holding specifications (feeds and speeds)
Represent the company and maintain B2B Supplier and Customer relationships
Generate customer-facing technical sales drawings
Task
Coordinate international vendors
Ingest tooling from international suppliers
Coordinate cutting tests with Application Engineers and summarize results
Suggest product modifications, improvements, use-case applications, and customer technical instructions
Action
Improve and standardize technical sales brand assets, drawing templates, and tooling feeds & speeds tables (examples shown below)
Coordinate with Applications Engineers for tooling cutting and Lifecyle tests
Generate technical instructions
Maintain model-based SAP ERP databases (products & drawing configuration management)
Result
100% revenue growth YoY
Standardized tooling technical communications, atribute search filters, and brand assets
Launched new product lines
Trained Customers on tooling applications with each catalog expansion (generate technical training materials)
Undergraduate Engineering Internships
Process Engineer Intern (Heavy Lifting Equipment)
Lift-It Manufacturing
Situation
Conduct a DOE of variable input tension on effect of product ultimate tensile strength
Task
Test different endless loop bridal lifting sling coupons at different feed tension
Perform SPC/SQC analysis for purpose of investigating material reduction / optimization
Action
Design and build a test fixture
Coordinate fabrication of multiple product sample coupons with varied input tensions
Record ultimate tensile strength via destructive testing
Generate normalized material input quantity vs UTS graph for material optimization
Result
Empirically quantified effect of material preloading variable vs UTS of final product
Validated that Supplier met safety + margin requirements per ASME B30.9
Project Engineer Intern (Electrical Construction)
CSI Electrical Contractors
Situation
Design 3D Printed tooling for field support, quality improvements, and labor optimization
Task
CAD & DFM custom tooling, material & process selection
Action
Designed custom tooling and chose cost/benefit material & process (sintered nylon, Multi Jet Fusion)
Designed & fabricated custom tooling for labor and process optimization
Result
Custom gauges de-risked company liability
Reduced labor duration and increased product quality
Situation
Provide Construction Project Engineering support to Program Managers
Task
Read, interpret and verify construction drawings against project bids and site specifications
Update As-Built drawings and “where used” EIDP packages
Print electrical labels for site installation
Action
Automate As-Built package compilations
Standardize and Automate label and category generation
Result
Standardized and Automated to reduce Project Engineer repeated task durations
Astronomy Club President (Volunteer K-12 STEM Outreach Educator)
College of the Desert
Community STEM outreach coordinator
Science communicator
Student director
Telescope technician
Researcher Intern - Team Lead
National Science Foundation / College of the Desert
