Evan E.

Experience

• Mechanical Designer/Engineer Rando Productions · Full-time Apr 2025 – Nov 2025 7 mos Los Angeles, CA, United States •Respond to technician and customer questions in a timely manner to resolve production questions and help ensure project schedules are maintained
  •Collaborate with multiple teams of engineers and technicians to meet customer expectations while maintaining schedule
  •Utilize the Solidworks CAD software package to convert customers’ creative models and intent into fabrication models, assemblies, and drawing packages for production
  •Ensure designs meet established customer, industrial, and international standards and regulations
  •Proposed design updates to existing products to increase performance and safety capabilities
  •Oversee the design and production of short turn around projects
• Design Engineer WET Design · Full-time Mar 2024 – Feb 2025 11 mos Los Angeles, CA, United States •Collaborate with multiple groups and teams of engineers and technicians to test and successfully deliver products to customers on budget and schedule
  •Design and draft components and assemblies using Solidworks to send to the manufacturing department for development of both prototype and production units
  •Create documentation to help further the development of internal standard practices utilizing known military and industrial standards
  •Work on multiple assignments simultaneously to ensure schedule deadlines are accomplished
  •Support installation teams to quickly resolve issues observed and reported from the field technicians and engineers
• Lead Mechanical Engineer Eaton Aerospace · Full-time Apr 2016 – Jan 2024 7 yrs 9 mos Los Angeles, CA, United States •Conducted internal and external design reviews to ensure that all component requirements are captured prior to production
  •Designed, analyzed, and detailed hydraulic components and assemblies to meet system requirements
  •Provided rationale and disposition for non-conforming materials and products to determine if the components or assemblies can still be used, reworked, or repaired
  •Created and maintained root cause and corrective action analysis diagrams to resolve design and testing failures seen during developmental and qualification testing
  •Performed failure analysis investigations to determine and resolve issues seen with returned units to support customer activities
  •Worked collaboratively with local and international interdisciplinary teams to create new and innovative designs to solve complex hydraulic system requirements
  •Met with internal and external customers on a consistent basis to provide project status updates and discuss current problems and potential resolutions
  •Conducted work on multiple projects simultaneously in order to meet and maintain internal and external deadlines
• Senior Associate Mechanical Engineer L3Harris · Full-time Mar 2016 – Apr 2022 6 yrs 1 mos Simi Valley, CA, United States •Design and detail packaging of electro-mechanical, electrical, and microwave components
  •Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure design requirements are met
  •Design, detail, and document the process and manufacturing of finished products using Solidworks, Creo, and Autocad
  •Update component models and drawings during integration and testing to ensure all design requirements are met and maintained
  •Perform FEA analysis using Solidworks Simulation to verify and improve designs
  •Manage and use Product Data Management (PDM) system to organize and maintain current and past project models and documentation
• Mechanical Engineer Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division · Full-time Jun 2016 – Mar 2019 2 yrs 9 mos Port Hueneme, CA, United States •Update and create original manufacturing drawings for test equipment using the ASME Y14 drawing standard
  •Develop procedures through experimentation and documentation designed to extend equipment life
  •Perform site certification and inspections to ensure compliance with newest revision of procedures
  •Lead staff training and certification for compliance with disassembly, cleaning, assembly, and testing of critical safety equipment found onboard multiple classes of ships
  •Design, test, and deploy equipment designed to alter exiting equipment to meet new and emerging requirements
  •Conduct finite element analysis (FEA) to verify factor of safety (FOS) of experimental designs
  •Design fixtures to modify existing equipment in order to fulfil emerging requirements
  •Oversaw a multi-phase documentation update, made sure it was completed on time, and was compliant with relevant MIL-STD and MIL-PRF standards
  •Authored and updated reports during and after test events to track known issues through software versions to ensure the issues were fixed or at least known