Manufacturing Engineering Intern - Starlink SpaceX- Starlink

May -August 2025

Manufacturing Automation Engineer RMFG

July 2024 - Present

RMFG is a YC-backed startup aimed at automating sheetmetal manufacturing by building an API-first sheetmetal factory. As the lead manufacturing automation engineer, I own all aspects of manufacturing automation hardware development!

Manufacturing Engineering Co-op - R1 Body Rivian Automotive

May 2023 - December 2023

• Led manufacturing process planning of four robotic manufacturing lines.
• Developed process flows leading to elimination of $1M capex expenditure and 10% headcount reduction.
• Led manufacturing planning of 19 crash service parts. Owned RFQs, evaluated proposals, presented to management and planned implementation and production schedule through Q4 2024.
• Collaborated with supplier on new tooling design. Led 50% and 100% tooling design reviews.
• Coordinated root cause investigation of fastener installation failures. Investigated and identified innacuracies in snowflake dataset, amended data filter and informed $250k capex expenditure.

• Spot Welding
• Laser Welding
• Fixture Design
• Design For Manufacturability
• GD&T
• CATIA
• DELMIA
• Microsoft Excel + VBA
• Snowflake
• SQL
• SCADA
• Process Simulate
• Jira

Design and Manufacturing - Hybrid Engine and Vehicle Structures TAMU Sounding Rocketry Team

May 2022 - May 2024

• Responsible for the design, manufacturing, and testing of components for a 30,000 ft-class hybrid composite rocket airframe to compete in the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC).
• Spearheaded rocket bulkhead design and manufacturing, rocket-tower integration and pressure vessel integration.
• Exploring Metal 3D printed bulkhead components to remove constraints of manufacturing and enable continued design evolution.
• Testing and benchmarking new composite manufacturing processes for future rockets, focusing on filament wound carbon fiber tubes, future pressure vessels and characterizing anisotropic forged carbon fiber parts.

• Solidworks CAD
• Solidworks FEA
• Mill and Lathe DFM
• Carbon Fiber Manufacturing
• Tensile Testing
• MS Excel
• Bild PDM

Mechanical Engineering Intern - Product Test & Manufacturing Vex Robotics

June 2022 - August 2022

• Designed, ran, and analyzed scientific tests to validate product functionality and define defect tolerances.
• Standardized testing practices by writing technical manual and created quick start data analysis templates.
• Led multiple projects from the initial ideation and pathfinding phases to multi-iteration design and full-scale production and distribution.
• Used SOLIDWORKS to prototype and finalize the design of injection molded, punched, and fiber lasered parts while working with manufacturing team to ensure design for manufacturability.

• Solidworks CAD
• Solidworks PDM
• DAQs
• Fiber Laser DFM
• Turret Punch DFM
• Phantom High Speed Imaging
• Injection Molding DFM
• Stratasys J750

Student Machinist TAMU Engineering Design Center

January 2022 - May 2022

• Owned manufacturing planning and manufacturing of parts for student projects and university research.
• Gained further proficiency in using manual lathes, CNC and manual mills, surface grinders and other tools.
• Taught classes on safe and efficient lathe manufacturing.
• Designed and toleranced parts for student research groups to minimize cost and ensure adequate function.

• Design for Manufacturability
• CNC Mill
• Manual Mill
• Manual Lathe
• Manual Surface Grinder
• Water Jet

Mechanical Engineering Intern - Product Design Vex Robotics

June 2021 - August 2021

• Used Solidworks to prototype and finalize the design of injection molded parts in a rapid development cycle (Injection Molding DFM).
• Led the initial ideation and pathfinding of two retail projects in an ambiguous, fast paced environment.
• Completed two additional retail projects to be sold at big box retailers.

• Solidworks CAD
• Solidworks PDM
• Rapid prototyping
• Fiber Laser DFM
• Injection Molding DFM
• Stratasys J750

Engineering Captain Highschool Robotics - FRC 6672

January 2018 - May 2021

• Led the solution ideation, design and manufacturing of a 150 lb robot to play the Frist Robotics Competition game in a fast paced 10 week design-build cycle.
• Self-taught CAD, CAM and CNC manufacturing, led commissioning of a 4x4 CNC router and transformed team's build process from hand drawn to CAD/CAM/CNC.
• Developed mini-robots as platforms to be used in summer camps and team development programs.

• Solidworks CAD
• Solidworks PDM
• Rapid prototyping
• Fiber Laser DFM
• Injection Molding DFM
• Stratasys J750