Work Experience
Stanley 1913
2022 - 2026
Mechanism Development: Engineered innovative lid mechanisms from initial concept to production leveraging expertise in SolidWorks, iterative prototyping, and DFM to optimize components for injection molding reducing scrap rate, simplifying tooling, and ensuring consistency at scale.
Tooling Approval: Managed the off-tool sample review process, including on-site factory visits to evaluate physical samples against 2D technical drawings and dimensional reports; executed rigorous validation testing to troubleshoot mechanical failures and implemented design mitigations to ensure 100% specification compliance.
Risk Mitigation & Scalability: Leveraged DFMEA, FEA, DFM, and tolerance stack-up analysis to develop high-volume consumer goods, successfully mitigating design risks for an initial production scale of 100K+ units.
User-Centric Innovation: Spearheaded usability testing protocols and built a centralized resource hub, institutionalizing Design Thinking and early user feedback to reduce late-stage design revisions and improve user satisfaction.
Stakeholder Management: Authored a presentation framework that successfully synthesized complex engineering data for leadership that was adopted company-wide and resulted in more efficient Stage-Gate approvals and enhanced cross-functional transparency.
Systems Optimization: Re-engineered the communication architecture between global design teams and international factories; implemented new file-storage structures and issue-tracking systems that eliminated language barriers and improved development efficiency.
Sustainable Engineering: Collaborated with the Sustainability Group to maximize the use of re-grind materials in new designs, directly increasing product circularity and reducing manufacturing waste.
Design Engineer
April 2024 - Febuary 2026
Global Scale & High-Volume Production: Served as the technical franchise champion for the Quencher, scaling production across 6 international factories and mitigating design-related quality risks with a scope of 100K+ of units.
Root Cause & Recovery Engineering: Assisted the mechanical and material investigation into a hot beverage product recall and developed new testing protocols to isolate failure modes while establishing a "Hot Beverage Standard" that protected future product lines and mitigated multi-million dollar recall risks.
Time Management: Managed a portfolio of 15+ concurrent projects, coordinating daily with design teams and international factories to ensure timely delivery of Stage-Gate milestones.
Test Automation & Efficiency: Designed and built an automated life-cycle testing rig for button-actuated products, reducing manual technician labor and increasing the frequency of benchmark verification.
Strategic Process Design: Partnered with Product Management to overhaul the Product Brief template, streamlining the transition from market requirement to engineering specification.
Associate Design Engineer
May 2022 - April 2024
Spectrum Brands
2021
Research & Development Intern
May 2021 - December 2021
Feasibility Analysis & DoE: Executed Taguchi-based DoE and energy calculations to prove cordless steamer feasibility, minimizing R&D costs and timelines by achieving statistically significant data with less prototypes and ~50% fewer tests.
Technical Roadmap Development: Synthesized R&D data into a technical roadmap that aligned NPD, Marketing, and ID on viable specifications from day one, reducing 'scope creep' during the transition to NPD.
Proof-of-Concept Prototype: Developed, fabricated, and tested a functional proof-of-concept prototype that optimized boiler thermal efficiency to enable a transition to battery power, utilizing rapid prototyping and benchtop verification to validate design performance.
Education
Extreme Engineering Solutions
2020
Milwaukee Tool
2019
National Atmospheric Deposition Program
2018 - 2020
Clack Corporation
2018
Quality Assurance: Validated over 500,000 electrical and mechanical components to ensure they were within the desired specifications.
Mechanical Engineering Assistant
May 2020 - August 2020
Research & Mechanical Support
February 2018 - January 2020
Mechanical Engineering Intern
May 2019 - August 2019
Electromechanical Integration: Collaborated with an external electronics team to integrate electromechanical systems and guide injection-molded component design for a salt-level sensor attachment.
Human Factors Engineering: Designed and fabricated production line equipment stands to improve ergonomics and manufacturing velocity, directly impacting operational efficiency.
Data Analysis: Analyzed bi-weekly wet deposition, dry deposition, and particulate matter data over 7 years from 14 sites around the country to better understand how ammonia deposition is related to the deposition of other elements.
Instrument Calibration: Repaired high precision field instruments and summarized troubleshooting into an all-inclusive work-instruction document.
Mechanical Engineering Intern
May 2018 - September 2018
Precision Engineering: Designed and fabricated a custom test fixture in to analyze beam profiles with 98% repeatability, ensuring components met strict optical specifications.
Collaborative Design: Facilitated technical peer reviews for calculations and Bill of Materials (BOM), ensuring design feasibility and reducing fabrication errors.
Competitive Benchmarking: Performed technical teardowns of 15 competitor units to identify performance gaps and delivered data driven insights to leadership that increased product competitiveness by aligning the future roadmap with emerging market technologies.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
BS Mechanical Engineering
Training
Human Factors International
Usability Testing
SolidWorks Assembly Modeling