SafranLead Mechanical Design Engineer
Jun. 2013 - Jan. 2021Santa Maria, CaliforniaDeveloped and designed components and assemblies on multiple airline seat programs while managing the tasks and workloads of a small engineering team of 4 to 6 engineers. Specializing in polymer component design, injection molding, vacuum forming, composite crush core and layup. Worked with a team of 6 engineers in Wales, UK for 5 weeks consulting engineers, quality inspectors, and assembly operators while transferring a program that was designed in Santa Maria and being built in Wales. Specialized in Injection Molded component designs, taught multiple training classes and consulted Design Engineers on proper design features and industry standards. Supervised numerous lean projects to improve manufacturing and team efficiencies. These projects include implementing new ultrasonic staking processes, developing tools to improve visibility between test engineers and design engineers, and refining processes to help manage the program development teams. Worked closely with the manufacturing floor to resolve issues with design and manufacturing, while developing new company standards for future programs. Designed numerous components from materials such as FAR qualified plastics, fiberglass/honeycomb composite panels, layups, and crush cores, as well as aluminum and stainless steel machined and stamped components. Worked closely with Certification, Stress, and Flammability engineers to ensure seat shells met strict customer requirements, as well as FAA and EASA requirements.