Areas of Expertise

Mechanical Design and Engineering

  • Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional

    • Surfacing, Sheet metal, and Weldments Certifications in addition

  • Ability to lead projects through to completion

  • BOM Management

  • Engineering Change Order completion

  • System design and component selection

  • Design problem solving skills

  • Drives efficiency in design process

    • Calculation and simulation based design reduces rework

    • Strong understanding of limits of simulation and when a physical prototype is necessary

  • Rapid iteration and design development

  • Thorough knowledge of design for manufacturing and assembly

    • Design for machining, injection molding, sheet metal fabrication, EDM, etc

  • Design of advanced motion systems with many axis of motion

  • Fundamental understanding of heating process applications

  • General process knowledge of many different areas

    • Sealant dispensing

    • 3D printing

    • Machining

    • Fastener driving

    • Adhesive curing

    • Hole drilling

  • Knowledge of statistical testing and verification of processes

  • Strong multidisciplinary skills and ability to make effective mechanical designs in coordination with the electrical and controls needs of a project

  • Able to provide design guidance to other engineers

Electrical and Controls Engineering

  • Panel Layouts

  • Schematic Creation

    • SkyCAD Electrical is used for my personal projects

  • IO specification and debugging

  • PLC Integration

  • Electrical assembly and troubleshooting

  • Knowledge of various fieldbus and communication frameworks

    • Ethernet/IP

    • EtherCAT

    • RS232/RS485

    • TCP/IP

  • General knowledge of PCB design and assembly

  • Design and implementation of safety systems

    • Safety Relays

    • Interlocks

    • Light Curtains

    • Emergency Stops

    • Safety Scanners

  • Working knowledge and installation of many types of sensing and application specific hardware

Software Design and Integration

  • Experience with various programming languages

    • VB.net

    • C#

    • C++

    • WPF and WinUI

    • Ladder diagram/PLC Programming

      • Studio 5000 and others

    • Javascript/HTML5

    • Python

  • Experience with computer vision applications

    • Cognex In-Sight

    • Cognex VisionPro

    • OpenCV

  • Software debug and troubleshooting on any platform

  • UI Development (HMI, or HTML/web)