I turn difficult ideas into working products.
Mechanical design and product development engineer with seven years of experience building complex hardware from early concept through CAD, prototyping, testing, suppliers, and production.
SolidWorks | New Product Development | Electromechanical Systems | MEngNZ | Relocating to New Zealand
Engineering that holds up in the real world
I am at my best when there is an idea worth building, a difficult problem to untangle, or a system that should work better than it does.
I like understanding what a product actually needs, getting close to the hardware, and carrying the work through design, fabrication, testing, suppliers, and production. My manufacturing background means I think beyond the CAD model to how something will be machined, assembled, inspected, supported, and improved.
I do not need to know everything at the beginning. I learn what the problem demands, ask the questions that expose hidden constraints, build and test quickly, and leave behind a product and process that are stronger than where they started.
My goal is simple
Leave every product, process, team, and organization more capable than I found it.
A few outcomes
One platform, many applications
Developed an endoscope-testing opportunity into a modular platform serving a much wider range of image-quality testing needs.
Approximately 50% shorter supplier lead time
Qualified a new aluminum-extrusion supplier during severe supply disruption.
Approximately 35% lower acrylic-part cost
Championed in-house laser cutting while accelerating prototype iteration.
Selected work
From Endoscope Research to a Platform Built to Expand
The Imatest Benchtop Test Stand began as an opportunity to expand into endoscope testing. I led its development into a modular electromechanical platform that could support manual and motorized positioning, multiple imaging applications, and a growing ecosystem of compatible test hardware.
Learning the Physics the Product Needed
I developed and launched an overdriven single-LED light source for stray-light testing by moving into unfamiliar thermal and electronics territory. The final system integrated an aluminum-core PCB, thermoelectric cooling, heat sinking, forced air, sensors, electronics, and mechanical packaging.
How I work
Build systems, not just parts
I look for the structure beneath the immediate problem and design products, interfaces, documentation, and workflows that can grow and adapt instead of creating another one-off solution.
Stay close to the build
The shop floor, prototype bench, suppliers, technicians, and customers expose problems that CAD alone cannot. I want to see how a design is made, used, and maintained.
Validate assumptions
I use calculations, instrumentation, prototypes, physical testing, and real-world use to find out what is actually happening before refining the design.
Learn what the product needs
My best work often requires me to step into an unfamiliar technical area, learn it quickly, and connect it to the larger system.
Engineering started long before it became my profession
I grew up building alongside my father, an inventor and engineer, learning how to plan a project, find the right materials, and turn an idea into something real with the tools available. FIRST Robotics turned that instinct into a direction, and years in machine shops made it practical.
That combination of imagination, curiosity, and hands-on judgment still shapes how I work. Clever engineering only matters when it solves the real problem and has measurable impact.
What comes next
I am a US citizen with French residency, currently based in France and working toward relocating to New Zealand. I am a Member of Engineering New Zealand (MEngNZ), and my Washington Accord-accredited mechanical engineering degree supports a Straight to Residence pathway with a qualifying offer.
I am open to mechanical engineering opportunities throughout New Zealand, particularly roles involving product development, mechanical design, engineering consulting, robotics and automation, aerospace, manufacturing, or complex electromechanical systems.
Have a difficult product problem, an idea worth building, or a team that needs someone who can bridge design and the real world? I am also available for contract or consulting work.