Responsible lead product design engineer for next generation Solyndra solar panel design. New design increased power output by 15% while reducing part count and cost by 30%. New design also decreased installation time in half. Worked closely with manufacturing engineering to develop processes and procedures for new design. Lead designer for Solyndra panel shipping crate that reduced crate cost by 50%. Responsibilities include coordinating tooling, scheduling, and testing activities.

Responsible for the mechanical aspects of PCB and optical line cards designed to blind mate into a long haul transport rack mount telecom chassis. Designs include sheet metal enclosures and carriers, PCBs, and heat sinks. Also worked extensively on optical component mounting and internal and external fiber routing, including fiber trays and fiber radius guides. Other activities include documentation, tolerance analysis, cable design, NEBS GR-63 compliance, industrial design, EMI shielding design and developing initial optical and splicing procedures working in conjunction with manufacturing engineering.

Responsible for the design of sheet metal and plastic components of rack mounted chassis enclosures. Led the development of a 13u, 8 slot system in conjunction with a 3rd party contract firm. Directed the activities and worked closely with the contractor on all mechanical and industrial design aspects of the chassis. Also a key member of a team to design a 21u, 26 slot system and a 3u system. Other activities included tolerance analysis, heat sink mounting clip design, and EMI shielding of PCB components.

Mechanical lead of a product design team responsible for all aspects of designing plastic and sheet metal workstation parts and housings. Functions include optimization of manufacturability, tooling, serviceability, ergonomics, esthetics, EMI shielding, safety, and thermal cooling of a product. Other activities include tolerance analysis of mechanical features and documentation. Worked closely with other projects and divisions within Sun to allow them to leverage designs done within our group.