With a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME) from Portland State University, Garrett brings to the table over ten years of engineering experience across multiple disciplines.
Garrett’s current focus is navigating the challenging, fast paced environments designing and testing new products for high volume manufacturing. Doing so he is exercising his extensive organization and project management skills to deliver products to key milestones.
Both personally and professionally Garrett strives to consistently deliver the best quality work he is capable of. He is determined, professional, personable and goal oriented. He enjoys working with others, values his peers and their contributions and is agile, easily pivoting in dynamic environments.
In his free time Garrett is constantly keeping himself busy with design work, 3D Printing, outdoor recreation such as camping, hiking, jetty fishing as well as gaming. He and his wife also enjoy road trips up and down the Oregon coastline frequently visiting Bandon and secluded beaches for agate hunting and gold prospecting.
Experience
Disciplines
New Product Design and development
Continuous Improvement / continuation Design
Tooling Engineering and Fixture design
Validation Testing and coordination
Mentoring
High volume manufacturing
Design
Mechanical systems
Semi conductor / full stack loading mechanisms
Dimple die design and manufacturing
Steel and aluminum billet parts
Extruded aluminum parts
Sheet metal parts
Forged steel parts
Metal Injected Molded (MIM) parts
Design for Manufacturing (laser cutting extruded parts, vs sheet metal bending)
Plastic parts
Plastic Injection Molded parts
Poor mold design and parts
Composite door mold parts
Composite Pultrusion parts
Processes
Detailed assemblies and drawings
GD&T ASME Y14.5 1994, 2009, 2018
Engineering Change Orders
Document Change Orders
ITAR Compliances
Root Cause Analysis
Failure Analysis
Finite Element Analysis
Best Known Methods
Design for Manufacturing
Statistical Tolerance Analysis
Materials
Tooling steels (A2, A6, S7, O1)
Steel extrusion (A500 tubing)
Sheet steel (A36)
Alloy steel (12L14, 1215, A4130)
Aluminum, Billet and Extruded (6061, 6005A, 7075)
Sheet aluminum (5052-H32)
Plastics (UHMW, Delrin, Poly Pro, Nylon GF, Polyurethane, PC-ABS)
Composites (Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics FRP, Sheet Molding Compound SMC)
Wood products (Oak, Pine, Alder)
Engineered Wood products (Layered Veneered Lumber LVL)
Insulative Materials (Polyimide, PU foam, PUR foam, Polystyrene PS)
CAD Systems
Solidworks
Solidworks Simulation
Solidworks EPDM
Solidworks Flow Simulation
Autodesk Inventor
Autodesk AutoCAD
Creo Parametric
Solidworks 3D Experience
JMP Statistical Software
Equipment
Manual Lathe
Manual Milling Machine
Manual Press Brake
Sheer
Band-saw
Bench grinders, sanders, polishers
Table saw
Various construction tools, pneumatic and electrical
Various other machine shop tools
Optical Comparator
Optical Gaging Products OGP
Coordinate Measurement Machine CMM