At Caterpillar Inc., I redesigned Engine Field Assembly packaging through a Built-in-Quality project using Lean and root-cause analysis. The work cut dealer warranty claims by 90% and sustained zero defects for six months.
As a Manufacturing Engineer 3, I restudied a workstation across five operators, identified missing engineering change content in standard work, and developed line-balancing options. I also designed layouts for four areas in a rapid improvement workshop.
Earlier, as a Supply Chain Engineer at Caterpillar Inc., I delivered $7.2M in savings by phasing out NPI inventory through rework, exhaust, and aftermarket sales strategies. I created SAP CBS templates that improved shipment tracking and lead-time planning performance by 50%.
At NC State University, I built a Python defect-detection algorithm for additive manufacturing that achieved 100% accuracy across five test batches. I also reconstructed 3D models from CT scan images and identified process parameters for setting quality criteria.
