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Experience

• Design engineer Dyson · Full-time Jan 2020 – Aug 2020 7 mos Hullavington, England, United Kingdom Volunteered double hours overtime to bring the CoVent ventilator project from initial concept to viable design in 30 days, at the request of the UK government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
  
  Lead product sub-assembly design including; prototype builds, specification generation, design for assembly and manufacture, DFMEA ownership and testing
  
  Ownership of test rig concept and construction across multiple projects within Environmental Care category
• Mechanical Design Engineer BioforceTech · Part-time Feb 2018 – Oct 2019 1 yrs 8 mos Milan, Lombardy, Italy Performed structural and mechanical design for industrial waste management and biochar production system valued at over $300,000
  
  Oversaw the development of part-assembly hierarchies company-wide and established methods of production and assembly
• Product Design & Development Engineer Burn Manufacturing · Full-time Jan 2015 – Aug 2017 2 yrs 7 mos Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya Led the design of the Kuniokoa (Kuni = Wood, Okoa = Save) from early development through to production
  
  Improved stove efficiency, emissions, and durability through the application of combustion and heat transfer concepts
  
  Simplified the stove’s assembly through iterative designs, reducing production costs
  
  Developed the stove’s aesthetic appearance and usability, creating a positive user experience
  
  Performed market research focus groups and home placements in rural Kenya to better understand user cooking techniques and gather relevant data for product improvement, sales, and marketing
  
  Produced part drawings to be sent out to manufacturers for tooling quotes
  
  Developed jigs, fixtures, and part tooling for the fabrication and assembly of the stove in Kenya
  
  Launched the Kuniokoa cookstove project
  
  Led the production ramp up and developed assembly line layouts and processes
  
  Implemented and maintained product tooling, jigs, and fixtures
  
  Interfaced with sales and marketing on performance benchmarks, innovative features, and key selling points on the stove
  
  Led auxiliary design engineering objectives within the company
  
  Institutional Wood Stove project
  
  Grill Attachment project
  
  Fan powered Kuniokoa
  
  Fabricated over 200 stoves for prototyping, market research, and durability and laboratory testing
  
  Developed and conducted tests on products that allow us to analyze performance in a number of metrics
  
  Collaborated with a team from the University of Washington on experimental models to further the field of cookstove research