Interdisciplinary system integration and architecture, process automation, motion control, and mechanical design.
Experience
Consulting and Freelance Engineer | 2021-Present
- Design and on-site commissioning of automated construction equipment for renewable energy
- Prototype design and build of test equipment for solar power installation
- Semi-Autonomous mobile field robot controls design and integration, including engine control and power management
- Electrical cabinet design and build for 6-axis servo-hydraulic stewart platform, including TwinCAT library
- Consultations on topics of IIot, Friction Stir Welding, Carbon Capture, Reflector Antennas, CNC, and more
Senior Structures Engineer | SpaceX | 2012-2021
- Developed entire software system for second stage circumferential friction stir weld machine
- Incorporated over 100 axes and 200 IO points, parametric HMI, and ERP system integration
- Created weld management, logging, analysis, and reporting software for engineering and production
- Designed small, automated robots for stringer weld post-processing and sealant application
- Iterated electrical and fluid design of autonomous high pressure, cryogenic valve testing system
- Developed generic software libraries for interacting with internal ERP, data storage, and reporting systems
- Coordinated design of large, high speed automated fiber placement machine with outside firm
- Developed LEO gateway tracking antenna design through prototyping and into manufacturing
- Pushed major interdisciplinary trades that cut out large amounts of cost and complexity (Patent 11237242B1)
- Designed, built, and commissioned machines for high volume LEO user antenna manufacturing and test
Engineering and Robotics Internships | 2007-2011
- Carnegie Mellon Biorobotics Lab: Developed rotary series elastic actuators for biomimetic snake robot
- National Robotics Engineer Center: Implemented automated sorting system for strawberry plants
- US Army Aberdeen Test Center: Tested experimental military equipment and vehicles
- Flexicell Robotic Solutions: Designed and tested automated packaging and palletizing systems
Education
Carnegie Mellon University | 2008-2012
- Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 2012 (4.0)
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 2011 (3.9)
Skills and Proficiencies
Engineering
- Mechanical Design and Analysis: FEA, first order calculations, material selection, DFM
- CAD: NX, Solidworks, Inventor, OnShape, Fusion 360, EPlan (Fluid and Electrical), SkyCAD
Programming
- Most IEC 61131 languages (advanced structured text experience); DIN 66025 G-Code experience
- Advanced Beckhoff TwinCAT3 experience: object oriented, unit test, library, and dynamic memory techniques
- C#, with specific experience building COM/Interop libraries, web services, and WPF applications
- VBScript for embedded HMI logic, MS Office tools (VSTO), and other VBA extensions
- Engineering and data applications in MATLAB (Optimization, Compiler), Python (Pandas/NumPy, OpenCV), and LabView (FPGA, Vision)
- Parameterization, data logging, and analysis using MS-SQL, Master Data Services, and Python