Software & Technical Tools

SolidWorks • AutoCAD • Excel (advanced automation, dashboards, SPC) • Power BI • LabVIEW • Minitab • Python (basic) • BOM/TCE Tools

  • Bechtel: Built Excel-based automation for counterweight force calculations and requirements dashboards

  • Machina Labs: Built CPI/SPI dashboards using Excel; tracked supplier metrics

  • Google: Managed BOMs, revision logs, testing data, and documentation systems

  • STAR Rocketry: Used SolidWorks + ANSYS for modeling and aerodynamic validation

  • Adaptive Haptic Sensor: Used CAD tools for multi-material design and fixture integration

Simulation, Modeling & Analysis

ANSYS FEA • CFD • ThermoCalc • CALPHAD • Converge • Structural Analysis • Tolerance Simulations • Load Modeling • Failure Mode Predictions

  • Machina Labs: Performed NASA/ASME-compliant FEA, provided redesign recommendations to prevent structural failures

  • STAR Rocketry: Ran FEA and CFD to identify weak points in the rocket airframe; validated structural readiness

  • Google: Used ThermoCalc & CALPHAD for material analysis to tune design reliability

  • Bechtel: Designed and validated mechanical startup systems through pressure-drop and force modeling

Manufacturing, Fabrication & Design

CNC Machining • Laser Cutting • Milling & Turning • Additive Manufacturing • Sheet Metal • DFM/DFMA • BOM Management • Tolerance Stack-Ups • Composite Layup • Machining Vendor Audits • Manufacturing Optimization

  • Berkeley Machine Shop: Trained 50+ users on CNC mills/lathes, enforced safety, increased first-pass yield, and improved equipment uptime

  • Google: Executed DFMA, BOM control, iterative prototyping, and dimensional checks to reduce rework by 40%

  • STAR Rocketry: Led composite airframe layups, machining vendor coordination, and supplier qualification

  • Adaptive Haptic Sensor: Designed multi-material printed assemblies, flexible substrates, and DFM optimizations

  • Machina Labs: Worked with robotic forming processes, supplier parts, and manufacturing audits

Quality, Reliability & Inspection

AS9100 • ISO 9001 • RCCA • CAPA • DFMEA • FMEA • NCR Management • SPC • Gauge R&R • GD&T • CMM • QA/QC Protocols • Root Cause (5 Whys, Fishbone)

  • Machina Labs: Performed RCCA & CAPA on robotic hardware, eliminated recurring NCRs, led supplier FMEAs & AS9100/ISO 9001 audits, ran quality risk mitigation.

  • Berkeley Machine Shop: Applied GD&T during inspections, improved dimensional accuracy, maintained CMM logs, enforced 5S.

  • Adaptive Haptic Sensor Research: Ran DFMEA, tolerance analysis, and QA refinements for multi-batch sensor consistency.

  • Google: Led root-cause investigations using inspection data, improved assembly precision and documentation control.

  • Bechtel: Created requirements-tracking dashboards ensuring compliance with STCP & ISO 16956 and DOE/ASME specs.

Systems, Operations & Project Execution

EDRs (Engineering Design Reviews) • P6 Scheduling • WBS & Cost Tracking • Procurement (RFQ → PO) • Vendor Qualification • ISO/ASME Standards • DOE/ASME Spec Compliance • Documentation Control • Cross-Functional Leadership

  • Bechtel: Led EDRs, validated valves/actuators, ensured system compliance with ASME/DOE standards, built integrated requirement systems

  • Helix Electric: Built detailed WBS codes, man-hour budgets, and integrated them into Primavera P6

  • Machina Labs: Managed procurement flow, reduced lead times by 20%, and qualified suppliers

  • STAR Rocketry: Managed the airframe team, audits, vendor relationships, and schedule dependencies

  • Google: Managed test cycles, revisions, prototypes, and assembly procedures

Research, Sensors & Advanced Hardware

Capacitive sensing • Signal stability analysis • Circuit isolation strategies • Multi-batch quality control • Iterative prototyping • Sensor calibration • Embedded QA loops

  • Adaptive Haptic Sensor Research: Designed sub-mm resolution capacitive sensor, solved drift issues, and developed QA batches

  • Game Control: Built a PIR-based availability sensor system with wireless data routing and real-time app updates

  • Machine shop work: Applied metrology and calibration techniques to maintain precise sensing/measurement tooling

Business, Strategy & PM Skills

Go-to-market planning • Requirements discovery • Competitive analysis • Supplier negotiations • Cost reduction • Process optimization • Data dashboards • Cross-functional coordination • Stakeholder communication

  • Machina Labs: Built supplier dashboards, reduced procurement lead times, executed audits, identified bottlenecks

  • Bechtel: Improved engineering lookup time by 40% through automated tools; coordinated across engineering/QA/startup teams

  • STAR: Managed a full engineering subteam and interface with vendors & leads

  • Silican: Built competitive analysis, segmentation, and U.S. market GTM