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Freelance Engineer
CUSP LLC
Portland, OR
Feb 2024 - Present (2 months)
Versatile freelance engineer ready to lean in on your next product development project
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Lead Systems Engineer
Beaverton, OR
Sep 2022 - Feb 2024 (1 year 5 months)
Defined product architecture and system requirements for next generation electro-mechanical products.
Provided technical leadership and direction to project engineering teams in concert with program management. Provided high-level guidance on mechanical design, firmware development, electrical systems, and testing. Collaborated across functional groups within Nike's Advanced Innovation Collective (AIC) to identify opportunities for compelling new consumer experiences and novel technologies.
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Lead Firmware Engineer
Beaverton, OR
Mar 2021 - Aug 2022 (1 year 5 months)
Architected, developed, and validated high quality firmware solutions for next generation, BLE connected, wearable devices. Projects ranged from quick POC development efforts to implementing highly portable, production ready code. Gained experience with motion sensing, large scale in-field data collection, real time gait analysis, gesture recognition, data compression, and low power design. Collaborated with stakeholders across Nike's Advanced Innovation Collective (AIC), including product teams, hardware development, sports researchers, and algorithm/ML engineers.
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Senior Firmware Engineer
Beaverton, OR
Jun 2019 - Feb 2021 (1 year 8 months)
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Firmware Engineering Manager
Camas, WA
Dec 2018 - May 2019 (5 months)
Led team of 5 firmware engineers, responsible for performance reviews, mentoring, professional development, project estimation, process development and adoption, and interfacing with clients.
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Lead Firmware Engineer
Camas, WA
Dec 2017 - Nov 2018 (11 months)
Led a team of firmware engineers and SQA personnel in the development of a battery powered, BLE connected, wearable, electro-mechanical device. Contributed to all levels of development from writing low-level drivers to application software, project management, testing and debugging.
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Mechanical Engineer
CUSP LLC
Portland, OR
May 2015 - Jul 2016 (1 year 2 months)
Self-employed as a freelance engineer. Collaborated on the high-level product architecture for a connected, electro-mechanical, consumer product. Built and tested quick-turn prototypes. Performed system modeling and power analysis with MATLAB. Designed and built various characterization tools including electronics, supporting software and data processing. Completed several product design projects for various clients.
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Mechanical Engineer
Vancouver, WA
Feb 2011 - Apr 2015 (4 years 2 months)
Completed countless electro-mechanical design projects ranging from consumer products to industrial automation for a wide range of clients. Combined iterative design practices and rapid prototyping techniques to generate novel solutions, often with ambiguous or changing requirements. Participated in full product development cycle from concept through manufacture and assembly. Gained expertise in plastic design, sheet metal, and machined parts. Wrote various software applications for machine control, automation, and sensor data collection.