navydiver

Experience

• Mechanical Design Engineer Ball Aerospace · Full-time Sep 2019 – Present 5 yrs 2 mos Broomfield, CO, United States Solidworks mechanical design of spacecraft fixtures and structural bus and payload mockups to support routing of cable harnesses and verification of LRU installation.
  
  Drafting of 2D shop fabrication drawings. Drawing package and BOM release management of parts and assemblies within a structured PDM and configuration management system.
• Mechanical Design Engineer FreeWave Technologies, Inc. · Full-time May 2014 – Jun 2019 5 yrs 1 mos Boulder, CO, United States Mechanical packaging of rugged wireless radios for remote industrial applications including oil field equipment monitoring and maintenance, precision agriculture, and trenches utility installation.
  
  Detailed design and configuration management of die-cast enclosures and injection-molded plastic parts, PCB layout, and failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) of assembly operations.
  
  Characterize thermal resistance of critical components. Provide installation-specific solutions for embedded applications. Specify thermal interface materials with tolerance stack analysis.
  
  Evaluate strength and optimize the design of custom components. Establish torque limits for threaded fasteners and draft assembly instructions for PCBs and complete products.
• Mechanical Design Engineer Gogo LLC · Full-time Jul 2004 – May 2014 9 yrs 10 mos Broomfield, CO, United States Revolutionized the company product line with patented processor packaging, reducing product weight & footprint by managing higher thermal power densities.
  
  Introduced low-friction additives to the injection-molding process to improve part ejection.
  Used GD&T to reduce production fallout of handset cradle spring plates due to tight tolerances.
  
  Developed CFD-based install guidelines for forced-convection cooled electronics in cabin areas challenged by audible noise limits & airflow restrictions.