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Experience

• Manufacturing Engineer ElringKlinger · Full-time Feb 2024 – Present 2 yrs 6 mos Buford, GA, United States Responsible for design, fabrication, and procurement of mechanical and pneumatic automation tools for hydraulic presses. Assisted automation team with Kuka robotics programming. Programmer for Trumpf 1030 TruCell 2D laser cutter and Trumpf 5030 BendCell. Developed process maps and PFMEA's for multi-layer automotive heat shield products. Responsible for estimating process layouts and costing for incoming customer RFQ's.
• Manufacturing Engineer Meggitt · Full-time Aug 2020 – Feb 2026 5 yrs 6 mos Rockmart, GA, United States Responsible for production tool/fixture design and modification in order to support the manufacture of crashworthy rubber fuel bladders.
• New Product Development Engineer Honeywell Aerospace · Full-time Apr 2015 – Jun 2020 5 yrs 2 mos Norcross, GA, United States Managed multiple engineering disciplines to assure design manufacturability. Responsible for preparing site for production by meeting manufacturing readiness requirements for pre-production phase gate exit reviews with senior leadership. Managed integrated supply chain cost accounts to keep deliverables and costs on track with project baselines. Worked to get Design for Manufacturability feedback from vendors. Managed capital equipment procurement. Developed Unit Production Cost analyses to define cost targets and worked with cross functional teams to assure targets were met. Created New Product Development program schedules and milestones. Performed capacity analyses. Responsible for assuring correct hours were loaded for Full Time Employee Allocation. Led engineering design teams on Key Characteristic development. Set up Statistical Process Control of Key Characteristic data. Worked with cross functional teams to monitor and control test yield issues.
• Manufacturing Engineer EMS Technologies (Now Honeywell) · Full-time May 2011 – Apr 2015 3 yrs 11 mos Norcross, GA, United States Produced work instructions and oversaw assembly of spacecraft antenna systems. Used 6 Sigma and Lean Manufacturing tools to investigate the causes of process variability and waste and implemented control plans to reduce their impact. Designed integration level assembly fixtures. Designed CNC fixtures for part machining. Site focal for company FOD implementation initiative.
• Quality Engineer EMS Technologies (Now Honeywell) · Full-time Nov 2009 – May 2011 1 yrs 6 mos Norcross, GA, United States Reviewed EIDP’s. Interfaced with customers for source inspections. Disposition of product discrepancies.
• Mechanical Engineer EMS Technologies (Now Honeywell) · Full-time Nov 2007 – Nov 2009 2 yrs Norcross, GA, United States Mechanical engineer for spacecraft and aircraft antenna systems. Performed structural and thermal analyses including mass transfer using Finite Element Analysis. Provided antenna cooling solutions by analyzing flow path designs, designing heat exchangers, and identifying/procuring variable speed fans based on Computational Fluid Dynamics analyses. Created 3-D CAD models, detail drawings, and interface control drawings of GD&T controlled parts and assemblies. Designed mechanical test fixtures for antenna systems. Fixtures included solutions for simulating antenna positions and functionality within aircraft.
• Mechanical Engineer LXE (Now Honeywell) · Full-time Jul 2006 – Oct 2007 1 yrs 3 mos Norcross, GA, United States Worked in a team environment to design and develop rugged mobile industrial computers. Redesigned a hand held computer to integrate RFID capabilities. Designed and built: a fixture for testing read distances of RFID equipment, a device to test touch screen impact resistance, and a pallet jack mounting solution for RFID scanning equipment. Defined, conducted, and reported on various environmental tests of hand held computers to determine performance acceptability.
• Manufacturing Engineer Nor-Ral Plastics · Full-time May 2002 – Jul 2006 4 yrs 2 mos Holly Springs, GA, United States Designed complete tooling solutions from customer drawings for aerospace composite and thermoform part fabrication. Created work instructions for tool development. Oversaw tool construction to production readiness. Inspected tooling and parts using Coordinate-Measuring Machines. Maintained schedule deadlines per customer requirements.
• Associate Engineer Mechanical LXE (Now Honeywell) · Part-time Jan 2001 – May 2002 1 yrs 4 mos Norcross, GA, United States Assisted mechanical engineering team with design updates to 3D CAD models and associated documentation. Created a CAD model library of standard mechanical hardware.