Coffee Grinding Torque rig. Testing new burr materials
Test Engineering Position
> Manufacture and design bespoke quality testing rigs for factory and in-house testing at OXO and Hydro Flask
> Develop testing plans, design experiments and identify failure modes in new and existing products
> Design, manufacture and program multipurpose control boxes and mechatronic systems
> Consult in user testing and design prototyping for new products
> Manage and run prototyping and product testing laboratories
> Manage engineering and 3D printing technicians
> Manage engineering and 3D printing technicians, develop weekly scheduling, assign priority to projects and guide completion of projects
Product Engineering Projects
> Review tooling drawings and product quoting with overseas factories
> Transfer industrial designs to manufacturable products
> Small scale production mold design and injection molding
Custom Cycle Testing Control Box
Raspberry Pi powered pneumatic cycle testing control box. System uses a custom made user interface to control the firing of a set of 4 valves. Allows user to name and have prior setting as well as change settings on the fly during a test. Now used in testing Helen of Troy testing labs around the country and in China.
In House Injection Molding
3D printed rotating core mold
Early on as a Test Engineer I identified a need for an in house injection molder for our New York office. Nothing beats true material prototyping. To avoid the high costs of machining molds as well as allowing for quick design iterations without needing to worry about tool safe changes I was able to use fully 3D printed molds.
The above mold is an example of a PP mold used to mold a bottle cap. The mold was printed in Rigid 10K on a Form Labs Form 3 printer. The mold help up for several shots and helped validate the threads for a new product.
Cycle Testing a competitor carpet brush for life time use
Testing the lifetime use of a palm brush