Resume

Experience

Design Engineer

Transcend Engineering Bethel, VT | 5/2023 - Present

• Built a novel automated soil column testbed to simulate field irrigation and

soil water flux, increasing hardware characterization rates by 8x compared

to manual operation.

• Redesigned moisture-sensing probe tip to improve structural integrity and

ingress protection, eliminating 2 parts and reducing failure rate by 80%

through new materials, fastening methods, and assembly procedures.

• Modernized the internal chassis of the 12-year-old SCIMPI design for

current manufacturing techniques, developing efficient and repeatable

assembly processes and documentation.

• Developed a low-cost soil moisture sensor for NOAA/USDA in a smaller

form factor than commercial alternatives, using dual function antennas

serving as structural components and COTS parts to enable high-volume

manufacturability.

• Deployed a sub-seafloor SCIMPI off the New England Shelf, executing

system recovery and non-standard hardware modifications to preserve

deployment schedules and data integrity.

Engineering Design Consultant

LandScan San Luis Obispo, CA | 6/2021 - 7/2023

• Rebuilt DSC probe internals from first principles across six print-and-test

iterations, consolidating parts, simplifying structures, and re-sequencing

assembly to fit 3 additional sensors, cutting assembly time by ~50% and

tripling mean time to failure.

• Optimized the geometry of the DSC probe housing, maximizing internal

volume and rigidity while reducing wetted area to lower insertion friction

and structural loading, and strengthening support for the optical windows.

• Transitioned DSC to contract manufacture, training production team on

fiber optic handling, adhesives, torque specs, and assembly sequence.

• Reviewed manufacturer-proposed design changes against functional

requirements, collaborating on revisions that reduced build cost and

assembly time without compromising probe performance.

• Diagnosed hardware failures firsthand during field qualification campaigns,

implementing field repairs to maintain schedule and translating findings

into design revisions.

Research Engineer

M-Sense Group Burlington, VT | 6/2021 - 5/2022

• Led the mechanical design of a sensor-integrated knee brace for post-op

ACL rehabilitation, balancing sensor accuracy against ergonomic and

wearability constraints.

Intern

Transcend Engineering Summers 2018 - 2021

• Designed a field-deployable fixture for calibrating tip and sleeve load

sensors, using rubber bushing springs to slow load application and extend

data collection time for higher precision.