Joel K. Top Designer

Experience

• Lead Mechanical Design Engineer Wartsila, NA · Full-time Jun 2020 – Present 3 yrs 10 mos Herndon, VA, United States Coordinate design activity, leading a team of four other mechanical engineers in design of green energy storage solutions.
  Manage day to day and weekly tasks for a highly complex storage system, pushing innovation, critical thinking, and new ideas to increase safety and profitability.
  Mentoring junior engineers in best practices.
  Provide CAD designs and 3D models as needed
  FEA and CFD analysis as needed.
• Mechanical Design Engineer Nextracker · Full-time Jun 2018 – Jun 2020 2 yrs San Jose, CA, United States Directed international team working out of Hyderabad, India to design and refine a containerized energy storage platform.
  Coordinated overarching goals and designs with international team. Traveled to home office in San Jose, CA, as well as meet directly in India with our wider team to build team synergy. PLC Programming. Safety System Design. Communication system design.
  System level CFD to ensure adequate and even cooling of battery storage system.
• Applications Engineer Flex · Full-time Nov 2016 – Jun 2018 1 yrs 7 mos West Columbia, SC, United States Sole mechanical engineer supporting design and manufacture of containerized energy storage platform.
  Coordinate manufacturing with contract manufacturing arm of the company.
  Work with third party engineering partner out of India to refine the design documentation for manufacturability.
  System wide CFD Analysis.
• Fixture and Gauge Design FN America · Full-time Nov 2005 – Apr 2015 9 yrs 5 mos Columbia, SC, United States Fixture design for vertical and horizontal mills, along with CNC lathes and swage machines. Worked with metrology department for micron level gauge design. Worked closely with in-house tool room, heat treat, and surface treat departments to create durable and precise fixtures and gauges to support the manufacturing process of small metal parts.