Spencer — Mechanical Engineer

Began as a Service Technician III, helping commission, qualify and maintain 3 new Amazon fulfillment and sort center launches totaling >4.6 mil. sqft of automated machinery/conveyance around the Denver & CO Springs area ● Led continuous improvement projects after launch, improving uptime & reliability by over 80%, and improving flow rate from 50k to 100k parcels/day in the COS5 sort center ● First promoted to Shift Lead and again to Controls Systems Technician, cross-training on mechanical and electrical skills to work safely with industrial material handling (conveyance) & building automation systems ● Earned Vertical Sorter SME and PdM specialist honors ● Developed new PM processes to improve reliability & led major repairs and root cause failure analysis after machine breakdowns ● Built site & network level libraries of precision job plans (SOPs), manuals & drawings ● Identified & led MCM projects to recommission devices & ladder logic programming ● Siemens, Allen Bradley, SICK, Banner, Cognex device troubleshooting & repair

Responsible for all of USA R&D and sustaining engineering operations as the only engineer in the USA branch for 3+ years for two global companies, helping boost US sales from $1 million to $7 million ● Technical, global project management (>50% virtual) with New Zealand and China cross-functional teams ● Identified new motor applications, gave engineering consultations and provided quotes on costed BOMs ● Managed Electronics/PCB repair department for 2 yrs ● Managed tier 2 Technical Support department, reducing open support tickets by over 100% ● Took new product ideas from sketch to CAD model & 2D drawings w/ GD&T to rapid prototyping & testing ● Created SOPs, quality assurance testing processes, inspected ESL & Production lots, and validated designs based on product specs, safety, failure analysis & global Regulatory Compliance (UL, CE, CSA)