Profile
Automation design engineer with hands-on experience in robotic machine tending, 3D cell layouts, fixture and end-of-arm tooling design, mechanical systems, CNC workflows, and advanced manufacturing.
Experience
Morris Group Inc. - Automation Design Engineer
2024 - Present
- Create pre-sale 3D layouts for robotic machine-tending cells, including reach studies, payload review, robot selection, and concept development.
- Support custom automation projects with scope-of-work documentation, design review, testing, installation, and commissioning support.
- Design fixturing and end-of-arm tooling for automated part handling and production workflows.
Systematic Automation - Project Manager
2021 - 2024
- Managed custom machine-build projects, including screen-printing machines, conveyorized UV systems, and vacuum tables.
- Designed customer-specific tooling, electromechanical subassemblies, and pneumatic systems from concept through build.
- Coordinated fabrication, assembly, service support, troubleshooting, and replacement-part guidance.
Education
Connecticut State Community College - Advanced Machining and Manufacturing
2020 - 2021
Manual and CNC machining, G-code, GD&T, metrology, blueprint reading, and quality control.
University of Connecticut - Engineering Physics coursework
2014 - 2017
Coursework in mechanics, materials science, advanced calculus, physics, and computer science.
Selected Work
TBD
Skills
- Robotics: Fanuc HandlingTool, Roboguide, EoAT design, robotic cell integration.
- CAD/CAM: SolidWorks, SolidWorks PDM administration, Fusion 360, G-code, 3D printing.
- Manufacturing: fixturing and tooling design, machine building, mechanical and pneumatic system design, CNC setup and operation, manual machining, fabrication oversight.
- Quality: GD&T, metrology, blueprint reading, in-process inspection.
Recognition
Eagle Scout - Boy Scouts of America.