Mechanical Engineer

Tyler OBrien

Rochester, NY

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Well balanced Design Engineer having 7 years experience with robotic system integration for medical device manufacturing and custom automotive driveline design. Comfortable leading teams of 2-3 engineers through system integration. Primary skills centered in SolidWorks 3d modeling. Proven track record for optimizing new designs using Engineering software packages (FEA, CFD, and Motion Studies). Hands-on machining skills for prototyping new components (Mill, Lathe, Surface Grinder, Files etc.). Project lead for driveline subsystems including Custom CVT clutch, Clutch Cooling, and Driveline suspension.
Education
- Bachelors Mechanical Engineering Technology
  
  Rochester Institute of Technology
Experience
- Mechanical Engineer (part time - consulting)
  
  Think Design
  
  Present
  
  * Mechanical analysis of consumer products. Provide failure mode assessment and test procedure proposal.
- Process and Equipment Engineer
  
  Micropen Technologies
  
  Present
  
  Portfolio: www.coroflot.com/tylerobrien *
- Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) | RIT Baja SAE Racing
  
  Polyscope GUI (Universal Robots) * Designed and Validated a 3-arm flyweight CVT Clutch. Gantter (Gantt Chart Program) * Used SolidWorks FEA to optimize factor of safety and reduce the mass moment of inertia by 14% compared to alternative clutch systems. Microsoft Suite * Material and coating selection process Improved service life by 85% over the 2015 CVT design.
- RIT Baja SAE Racing
  
  Ram-air Clutch Cooling System
Affiliations

Society of Automotive Engineers
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Skills
- Engineering
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@tylerobrien, member since 2013

Tyler OBrien

Product Designer – LEGO DESiGN

Design Director for Social Impact Design Agency (F/T, Remote)