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Precision Design and Engineering (TriBeCa)
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📍 New York, New York
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Summary:
• Experienced mechanical engineer specializing in machine design, opto-mechanical system design, robotics, and precision engineering, with a master’s degree in mechanical engineering – Robotics & Controls Focus from Johns Hopkins University and a strong academic foundation in computational physics and machine learning.
• I bring over 15 years of hands-on engineering expertise across industries including aerospace, medical robotics, semiconductors, and defense.
• Completed designs for programs such as the James Webb Space Telescope, Lockheed Martin Trace Telescope, Lawrence Livermore National Labs NIF program and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center’s Babar Magnetic Detection Project.
• Experience using Zemax, SolidWorks, CREO, Siemens NX, MATLAB, Python, and COMSOL Multi-Physics.
• My expertise spans precision motion systems, optical alignment tooling, and machine design.
• Known for delivering innovative solutions, managing cross-functional teams, and supporting full engineering lifecycles from concept to test, I am well-suited for advanced engineering roles in high-precision, and R&D-focused environments as well as mass-production manufacturing environments.
• Extensive manufacturing design engineering experience utilizing various machine tool concepts and principles as well minimum-constraint design and kinematic design principles.
• Intimate understanding of advanced mathematics and physics, (such as divergence, curl, linear algebra, delta-function, the Laplacian, spherical and cylindrical coordinate systems and the principles of kinematics and dynamics of robots and Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods of obtaining equations of motion as well as Newton’s methods).
• The applied computational physics degree, as well as my mechanical engineering background, gives me a unique perspective on designing machines.
• Semiconductor industry design of electronic rack enclosures with sheet metal frames and railing to install power modules for physical vapor deposition machines.
Education:
• Johns Hopkins University – Whiting School of Engineering, Baltimore, MD
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering – Robotics & Controls | May 2024
Minor: Machine Learning | GPA: 3.75
• New York City College of Technology (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY
Bachelor of Science, Applied Computational Physics | June 2022
GPA: 3.86
• San Francisco State University — San Francisco, CA
Mechanical Engineering Coursework (95 units completed) — 2008–2010.
Skills:
• Opto-Mechanical System Design – Housing design, multiple lens and mirror mounts, windows, adjustment mechanisms.
• Optical Modeling Tools – Zemax and manual ray tracing (y-nu).
• Precision Engineer – Minimum-constraint design, kinematic mounts, hydrostatic bearing system design.
• Tooling Design – Interferometry alignment fixtures, flexure-based alignment tools.
• Structural Analysis – Stress and strain analysis, (using Mohr’s circle, Castigliano’s Methods, Singularity functions).
• Motion System Design – Motor, leadscrew, linear rail selection, mechanism design, hertzian stress analysis.
• GD&T & Tolerance analysis – ASME Y14.5, RSS, Monte Carlo, Statistical Tolerancing, Worst-case.
• Programming & ML Tools – Python, Pytorch, Tensorflow, MATLAB, Java, ROS2.
• Optical Software: Zemax.
• CAD/FEA: SolidWorks (Certified) 15 years+, Siemens NX 4 years+, CREO, (ProEngineer) 15 years+, COMSOL Multi-Physics 2 years, SolidWorks Simulation 15 years.
• Simulation & Analysis: FEA, Thermal and Vibration Analysis, Ray Trace Validation.
• Documentation: Engineering Drawings. ECOs.
• Manufacturing Engineer: DFM, DFA, Design for Inspection, Design for Evolution.
(90% of my work has been consultant/contract positions)
Work Experience:
ENDIATX SYSTEMS - Hayward, CA Jan 2025 - Present
Optical Engineer Analyst
• Modeled miniature multi-lens optical system for ingestible robotic capsules.
• Performed Zemax simulation and y-nu ray tracing analysis to confirm existing focal distance and energy on CMOS sensor.
• Quantified Seidel aberrations; validated reverse-engineered system geometry and image plane location.
• Designed, engineered, and analysed manually and using SolidWorks Simulation FEA, opto-mechanical and machine components.
HYDRO-SYSTEMS - Boston, MA Jan 2021 - Present
Design Engineer
• Design via SolidWorks and detailing of piping bearing system as well as tolerance analysis. Industrial design of exotic surfacing components.
• Hydrostatic Conical Bearing Design. Actuator selection.
• Tecnotion Frameless motor, Renishaw encoder and ring sizing and selection for required precision.
• Precision Engineering - Rowe calculations to determine hydrostatic flow of fluid and the resulting load support of rotor assembly.
• Design, calculations, Python coding of parameters, manufacturing specifications of grinding and hardness specifications to enable metal to metal seal.
INNOGEN ENERGY - Pleasanton, CA May 2020 - Dec 2020
Mechanical Engineer
• Industrial design of Magnesium-Air Fuel Cell compartment and housing. Magnesium-Al Anode.
• Consultation on modelling and design of 4-layer Air Cathode.
• Electronic enclosure design. Location of PCBs, LEDs, routing of electrical conductors, design of power button elastomer cap.
AUTOWRAPTEC - Fairfield, NJ Jul 2019 - Apr 2020
Mechanical Engineer
• Design of static and dynamic components of napkin folding machine.
• Design of tooling and mechanisms for adjustment of various transfer stations of machine.
• Troubleshooting of machine in operation, paying close attention to dynamic clearance issues, sensors, placement of napkin holding and locating devices.
• Design and detail drawings using Solid Works were all completed by me for manufacture-Linear motion system re-design. Bearing selection.
• Tooling design.
• Mechanism and napkin location and calibration redesign.
• Compound sine bar concept design for locating vacuum chuck of napkins.
• Indexing head type of wheel design to obtain discrete distances of constraining plates.
INNOGEN ENERGY - Pleasanton, CA Jan 2016 - Mar 2019
Mechanical Engineer
• Injection moulded electronic enclosure design and structural machine design.
• Generator structural support, mounting plastic part design for injection molding.
• Redesign of frame structure for heavier load.
• Design of overall ABS/Polycarbonate housing for higher strength and manufacturability.
• Initial conceptual design of Magnesium-Air Fuel Cell compartment and housing.
• Thermal analysis of enclosure.
OWLIZED, INC. - Oakland, CA Dec 2014 - Jan 2016
Lead Design Engineer/Project Manager
• Oversaw the overall ruggedizing, mechanical design, manufacture, inspection, vendor interface, integration with electronic sensors and hardware, routing of all wiring and harnesses.
• Electro-mechanical packaging, optical mount design and assembly, mechanical factory acceptance and site testing.
• Designed cast, machined, Al-Aly components, aluminum-bronze journal bearing and split clamp design, stainless steel seal design, needle bearing design, mechanism design to interface with accelerometer sensors mounted on boards within the device, structural base weldment and tubing design, packaging, bracket designs.
RAY SOLUTIONS ENG., LLC. - Livermore, CA May 2014 - Dec 2014
Engineer
• Camera housing and mechanism Design.
• Power transmission component design: shafting, mounting of proprietary bearing designs.
• Design of hard stops to communicate with PCB, re-location, re-design, and adjustment of tip/tilt sensor as well as rotational sensors.
• O-ring seal gland re-design. FEA and manual analysis of 1045 steel collet leaf design.
TRIMBLE, INC. - Oakland, CA Nov 2012 - Mar 2013
Opto-Mechanical Engineer
• Design of opto-mechanical system for construction industry.
• Mounting of optical encoder to axis, design of horizontal axis bearing system, design of optical lens mounting system.
• Geometric Optics analysis and CMOS sensor location in optical system.
AERES MOTORS LLC. - Oakland, CA Aug 2011 - Oct 2012
Analyst and Engineer
• For a proprietary customer, of various assembly components.
• FEA and Thermal analysis, DFA, DFM, GD and T, detailing of components of Honda Gold Wing cylinder head proprietary assemblies.
• Deliverables being Von Mises, Displacement and Strain 3D Analysis plots after many Iterations of analysis; applying boundary conditions, loads, meshing, and various contact sets and solvers to converge upon FEA solution.
• Designed Manufacturing and Assembly tolerance System.
TESLA MOTORS - San Carlos, CA Oct 2007 - Jun 2008
Design and Drafting
• Designing and drafting injection molded plastic parts, ferrous parts, dynamic and static stress analysis of motor components, managing large assemblies.
LOCKHEED MARTIN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CENTER - Palo Alto, CA May 2007 - Oct 2007
Opto-Mechanical Design and Drafting
• Designed, drafted, and procured Opto-Mechanical parts and assemblies to meet Lockheed Martin’s design and engineering needs.
• Ingenious devices that comprise X-Y stages, Rotational stages, and optical kinematic interfaces. CAD software was SIEMENS-NX.
L3 COMMUNICATIONS, TINSLEY LABS., INC. - Richmond, CA Jan 2004 - Mar 2007
Tooling and Equipment Project Management Engineer
• Designed, engineered, and analyzed manually and using SolidWorks Simulation FEA, opto-mechanical and machine components, large machinery press fit of tapered bearings, kinematic mounts and tooling, lifting, and positioning fixtures, CGH kinematic mounts, and various mechanisms and frames for optical metrology and manufacturing of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
• Ball Aerospace and NASA subcontractors, using SolidWorks 2006 (Certified user).
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY - Livermore, CA Oct 2001 - Oct 2002
Precision-Machine Designer
• Designed and analysed using SolidWorks, and detailed vacuum chuck and adjustment and stiffening mechanism for precision machining and manufacturing of NIF Optics.
• Designed and performed stress analysis of lift fixtures for the NIF project.
BERKELEY PROCESS CONTROL - Richmond, CA Jun 1999 - Jun 2001
Mechanical CAD Engineering Designer
• Designed, analyzed, detailed, and assembled frame structures, mechanisms, tooling, sheet metal, plastics, and linear motion systems for flexible manufacturing cells for semi-conductor industry and Boeing and Lucent corporations, using Pro-E 2000i.
AMP INCORPORATED - Cupertino, CA Jul 1998 - May 1999
Electro-Mechanical Designer
• Designed and detailed electro-mechanical sheet metal/plastic19” rack mount electronic enclosures for various clients.
• Administrated and managed file system for Pro-Engineer and customized and programmed Pro-Engineer for Unix Solaris and NT platforms.
• All customization was to enable automatic assembly of Compact PCI electro-mechanical design modules.
• Tools were Pro-layout, Pro-notebook, Pro-program.