Core Competencies

What do I bring to the table?

Mechanical Engineering

  • Mechanical CAD
    • Familiar with Solidworks, Autodesk Suite, OnShape, and able to pick up new programs fairly efficiently
    • FEA (Static)
  • Mechanical Design Concepts 
    • Bearing ratings, load calculations, heat transfer
    • Statics and Dynamics
  • Drawing Package Creation
    • Learning GD&T Actively
    • Experience working on both the creation and receiving end, learned what a shop looks for in a drawing for production.
    • Worked with fabricators and machinists to optimize drawing views, information, and make easy to read and understand prints.
  • Digital Fabrication
    • Experience with design for 3D Printing, CNC laser, CNC Tube laser, CNC Machine (multi-axis)
    • Experience programming CNC machines (2 axis router, 3 axis mill)
  • Understanding of pneumatic and hydraulic systems
  • Project management
    • Expected to autonomously track and meet project milestones in prior roles
    • Oversaw mechanical aspects of projects from design to fabrication, to delivery to the client.
  • Engineer In Training, actively pursuing Professional Engineer license.

Entertainment

  • Extremely familiar with DMX-512 protocol
  • Experience troubleshooting wired and wireless DMX control systems
  • Designing lighting and atmosphere for haunted houses
  • Research, recommend, and install new equipment into older systems
  • Programming shows synchronized with timecode for reliable, daily playback.
  • Projection mapping with Isadora
  • Programming with Hog 4, MA Dot2, MA GrandMA, and other consoles as needed
  • Lighting for corporate town halls & internal company events
  • Experience design for large, seasonal events
  • Pyrotechnic system design and maintenance
    • Propane & liquid fuel systems
  • Strong understanding of laser safety
  • Realtime processing of audience input data to change variables in a production
  • IAAPA Member and annual attendee
  • Understanding of the applications of entertainment products in various parts of the industry

Electronics

  • Firmware development experience (STM32)
    • ADC Peripherals
    • RealTime Operating Systems
      • FreeRTOS
      • CMSIS OSv2 (FreeRTOS Wrapper)
    • I2C Peripherals
    • SPI Peripherals
    • UART Peripheral
    • Custom Protocol Development
    • Networking Implementation (Wiznet)
    • Modbus TCP and Modbus RTU
    • Hardware and Software Timers
    • Interrupt Handling
    • DMX Processing
    • Graphical User Interface (GUI) Design and Programming via TouchGFX (now learning LVGL)
  • Simple circuit design
    • PCB schematic and layout for simpler devices (32 pin MCU or less currently)
    • Rapidly learning the reasoning for particular design decisions
    • KiCAD EDA software
  • Mechanical/Firmware/Electrical Collaboration
    • Altium Codesigner
    • Meeting with engineers of other disciplines to choose proper chips, peripherals, and debug issues at the hardware and software levels
  • Python
    • Use Python for automation of data processing tasks
    • Collect and process data from microcontrollers to identify trends