Automation & equipment maintenance
I’m an automation and equipment maintenance specialist focused on repairing and improving manufacturing machinery.
I also design and build electrical and mechanical projects, from automated dosing systems to telescopes. Outside of work, I enjoy the outdoors, optics, and astronomy.
Dec 2025 – Jul 2026
Manufacturing Maintenance Technician
Eugene, OR
Maintained and repaired manufacturing and packaging equipment, including mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems. Supported preventive maintenance, machine changeovers, facility systems, and ammonia refrigeration.
Oct – Dec 2024
Packaging Maintenance Technician
Eugene, OR
Troubleshot packaging equipment, made production adjustments, and improved preventive maintenance procedures. Kept operating procedures aligned with equipment changes and training needs.
Apr – Jun 2024
Equipment Maintenance Technician
Sparks, NV
Maintained powertrain manufacturing equipment and more than 70 FANUC industrial robots on battery enclosure lines. Diagnosed machine faults and repaired electrical systems from 24 VDC to 480 VAC.
Aug – Dec 2023
Repair and Maintenance Technician
Corvallis, OR
Repaired industrial automation systems, edited PLC ladder logic, and diagnosed electrical and mechanical faults. Documented repairs, interpreted schematics, and supported spare-parts planning.
Mar 2021 – Jul 2023
Automation Systems Technician
Corvallis, OR
Designed, built, and tested automated gravity-fed nutrient dosing prototypes for hydroponics. Developed CAD models and electrical drawings, programmed PLCs and microcontrollers, and tested components for reliability.
Oct 2020 – Feb 2021
Equipment Maintenance Technician
Sparks, NV
Maintained automated equipment in powertrain manufacturing, including Model 3 drive unit assembly, test, and Raven lines. Diagnosed breakdowns and restored mechanical and electrical systems.
Aug 2019 – Sep 2020
Automation Systems Technician
Corvallis, OR
Developed nutrient dosing prototypes for automated farming. Created mechanical, electrical, and fluid drawings; assembled equipment; and wired and programmed process-control systems.
Jun 2018 – Jul 2019
Equipment Maintenance Technician
Sparks, NV
Supported the production ramp across Model 3 battery module and drive unit lines. Diagnosed equipment failures, repaired automated machinery, and helped recover more than 500 drive units from fallout in Q2 2019.
Mar – May 2018
Automation Technician Intern
Corvallis, OR
Assembled and tested custom manufacturing equipment for the Daimler electric truck and optical-alignment test cells for the Steam VR headset. Built control panels and wired complex connectors.
2016 – 2018
A.A.S., Industrial Automation Technology
Albany, OR · GPA 3.94 / 4.00
Studied PLCs, electrical troubleshooting, industrial maintenance, hydraulics and pneumatics, process control, and electromechanical assembly.
For my capstone, I integrated two wafer-handling robot arms into a production-line prototype using Arduino UNOs, an Allen-Bradley ControlLogix 5000 Series PLC, C++, and ladder logic.
Open-source electrical and mechanical projects, with more than 100 pages of documentation, schematics, and CAD files. All projects are shared under the MIT License.
Open source · Assembly & testing
An automated gravity-fed dosing system for hydroponics and other fluid-delivery applications. I designed, built, and tested the system, including a CAD assembly with more than 700 parts. Current work focuses on long-term component reliability.
Academic project · Completed
A pneumatic machine that sorts bearings by width, then places accepted bearings into housings on a conveyor. The system uses five directional control valves, five pneumatic cylinders, and twelve sensors.
Academic project · Completed
A prototype production line using two dual-axis wafer-handling robots, two Arduino UNOs, and an Allen-Bradley ControlLogix PLC. Developed as my industrial automation capstone.
Academic project · Completed
A functional 6061 aluminum mountain bike frame that I designed, built, and tested. The work combined reverse engineering, component design, and learning to TIG weld aluminum.
Open source · Early design
A binocular telescope concept with an upright image for both eyes. The design combines concave primary and secondary mirrors with a Nasmyth-style tertiary mirror; a scaled-down model is the first optical test.
Open source · CAD in progress
An 8-inch truss-style Newtonian telescope, including a hand-ground mirror, CNC-routed wood components, and an Onshape assembly with more than 80 parts. The CAD model is still being completed.