Work Experience
Responsible, Respectful, Consistent
DRS
Daylight Solutions
MECHANICAL ENGINEER I
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SUMMARY OF WORK
DRS Daylight Solutions is an industry leader in quantum cascade laser-based technology and instrumentation. I proudly hold this position as my first post-grad career job working and delivering on several different laser modules.
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Mechanical Design and Fabrication of laser packages and associated fabrication tooling
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MARCUS LANOVAZ |
ME MANAGER
San Diego, CA
AMAZON
ROBOTICS
HARDWARE TEST ENGINEER
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SUMMARY OF WORK
With the department standing as the epicenter of robotics innovation, my team focused on developing a solid state internal product to drive down vendor costs and improve fulfillment efficiency and ergonomic use. My role on the team included:
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Onsite engineer for ongoing and self-preformed hardware testing
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Managing a small team of technicians
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PRADEEP NANJAPPA | TEAM MANAGER
Ontario, CA
HOLOGIC
Diagnostics Dept.
MECHANICAL ENGINEER - INTERN
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SUMMARY OF WORK
Hologic is a medical manufacture supplying instruments for women's health. I interned in the Diagnostics Instrument Division Department. I worked on two primary projects:
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Prototype Development of Next Generation Product
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Precision Instrument System Engineering Project
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ROLF SILBERT | Director
San Diego, CA
Morimoto's Lab
UCSD Research Lab
MECHANICAL ENGINEER - STUDENT RESAERCHER
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SUMMARY OF WORK
Research focuses on the design and control of flexible and soft robots for unstructured, unknown environments. They aim to develop safer, more dexterous robots and intuitive human-in-the-loop control interfaces that enable access, exploration, and manipulation.
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Prototype Development of Next Generation Product
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TANIA MORIMOTO | PI
San Diego, CA
UCSD MAE
Jacobs school of Eng.
MECHANICAL ENGINEER - TUTOR
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SUMMARY OF WORK
For this position I lead a student LAB section for the official course MAE 3. I have developed that significantly contributed to course content.
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Independently instructed and lead a student lab section
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Topics: CAD, design, implementation, and fabrication
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HUIHUI QI | PROFESSOR
Valitus
Technologies
MECHANICAL ENGINEER - INTERN
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SUMMARY OF WORK
Valitus Technologies, a military startup technologies company, contracted me to update and design products that would soon enter mass production.
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Critical AI Security Project for the USAF (United States Air Force) through AFWERX