As Lead Product Design Engineer, I work with Industrial Designers to conceive, develop, and produce innovative consumer lighting. Additionally, I lead new product architecture development, manage UL compliance, and create design guidance and assets for our external designers.

• Launched 17 new lighting products with independent designers and brands, expanding the portfolio.

• Led new pendant, sconce, and surface mount lighting architectures, enabling entry into commercial and residential markets.

• Engineered a patent-pending mounting system, simplifying pendant installation to under 5 minutes.

Identified market opportunities and built a product roadmap based on requirements, capabilities, and resources.

• Re-engineered products to improve manufacturability, quality, and profitability.

• Leveraged 3d-printing specific design techniques to increase manufacturing yield and lighting output while decreasing COGS and material consumption.

• Secured UL listing for hardwired products and implemented a 3D-printed UL-approved safety label.

• Designed hardware and tooling solutions that streamlined assembly, production, and quality control processes.

• Designed components for various manufacturing processes, including 3D printing, sheet metal, machining, and stamping.

• Performed tolerance analysis and created GD&T drawings for sourced components.

• Collaborated with internal procurement partner to source custom components from Chinese suppliers- .

As a product development engineer at ALW, I design and develop commercial architectural lighting fixtures. Our LED lighting fixtures have won multiple industry innovation awards and are central to the product offering at ALW.

• Generate product needs and requirements based on customer feedback, market research, and sales analysis

• Create concepts for evaluation by new product committee to define product roadmap

• Drive and manage company expansion into architectural acoustic products

• Collaborate with optics engineers, electrical engineers, and manufacturing team to refine project scope and determine capabilities

• Develop SolidWorks models of components for manufacture in sheet metal, aluminum extrusion, casting, welding, and machining.

• Build and test prototypes with 3d-printers, laser cutters, and standard shop tools

• Work with engineering team at our Mexico factory and domestic and international suppliers to optimize designs for manufacturing and assembly

• Create 2D technical drawings (using GD&T and tolerance analysis) and engineering bill of materials for production

• Write instructions and create illustrations, renderings, and exploded views for clear and concise installation guides.

• Test products for performance and compliance of agency standards, performance, and safety requirements

• Work with marketing team to produce sales samples, tradeshow displays, renderings and technical imagery

Founded Free for Mind, a company that develops custom gift shop products using 3D-printing, laser-cutting, photochemical machining, and lost-wax casting. Using SolidWorks, I designed over 100 products that were sold in over 80 locations (including the Smithsonian, International Spy Museum, and the 9/11 Memorial). I collaborated with clients to conceptualize and refine products to meet their retail needs. Using Adobe software, I created marketing materials, packaging, and display units.

Worked with Reuben to create SolidWorks models of his complex, kinetic architectural installations. I drew and designed parts and assemblies to visualize designs, determine fabrication processes, and produce drawings for manufacture.