EXPERIENCE

Northrop Grumman Corporation El Segundo, CA

Principal Mechanical Engineer Mar 2022 – Current

Provided mechanical test engineering support for a low rate initial production (LRIP) $200B+ stealth bomber aircraft
Responsible design and test engineer in charge of static, proof load, vibration, and fatigue tests
Supervise and aid in $2M test fixtures and reaction structures build up
Develop test reports, test procedures, and test plans for $50K+ in weapons system components
Liaison between structures test, stress, as well as other departmental stakeholders for 100+ documents

Manufacturing Engineer Mar 2020 – Mar 2022

Create and improve 30+ manufacturing processes to meet challenging flight hardware requirements for electromechanical military aircraft assemblies and sub-assemblies for weapons systems
Structure Manufacturing Bill of Materials (MBOM) consisting of 1000+ components for production and qualification articles using CPLM (Common Product Lifecycle Management)
Lead the building efforts for product engineering development unit and qualification test articles
Provide technical guidance and liaison for operations to technicians to support hardware builds
Assist in 20+ tooling and packaging designs to support flight hardware as required through CAD

ITT Goulds Pumps City Of Industry, CA

Product Design Engineer – R&D Apr 2018 – Feb 2020

Designed vertical turbine pumps from concept to production using 3D CAD with PTC Creo 3.0 and 4.0
Used Creo Simulate/Ansys to perform static stress and structural dynamic analysis using FEM/FEA
Responsible for designing large pump orders, each generating approximately $300~500k in revenue
Lead and coordinated design review presentations for pump mechanical risk assessments
Performed calculations to verify the integrity of pump’s mechanical and hydraulic design
Prepared technical reports and presentations to site and senior leadership teams
Performed tolerance stack up analysis on pump rotor components to ensure proper assembly; resulting in pumps produced without non-conformances greater than 90%

Product Design Engineer – Productions Apr 2015 – Feb 2016

Created pump engineering drawings & bills of materials; achieving 100% on time completion for projects
Processed orders for industries such as Oil & Gas, Agricultural, Municipalities, Power; resulting in revenue of $1M+ consisting of pump components such as shafts, bearings, casings, and impellers
Gathered pump performance data parameters such as volumetric flow, total dynamic head, motor rpm, and pump efficiency through data acquisition using LabView
Designed 100+ standard pump components using geometric dimensioning & tolerancing (ASME Y14.5)
Investigated quality defects in pump components and initiated corrective action plans as needed

Intern (R&D / Application Engineering) Apr 2015 – Sep 2016

Issued post-test work instructions for development tests; increasing pump efficiency by 1 – 3 %
Configured pump selection within standard scope of hydraulic capabilities from customer inquiries
Performed financial analysis and developed costing spreadsheets for pump components such as welded fabrications and shafting, reducing costs of quotations by approximately 10 – 30%

EDUCATION

California State University, Fullerton: Mechanical Engineering, B.S., Cum Laude 2016

GPA: 3.58

Member of Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society
Member of Society of Automotive Engineers, BAJA team; designed brake system of vehicle

Professional Engineer (P.E.): 2019 / Mechanical / California / License No: M39770
Highly proficient in the use of Microsoft Access, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Experienced in MATLAB and LabVIEW for data acquisition
Highly proficient in CAD software such as Siemens NX12, PTC Creo 3.0, Pro-E, SolidWorks, AutoCAD