Western Washington University

Product Design Engineer at Amazon Lab126

Products Released:
•Echo Buds (2023)  •Echo Dot (2022)

Developing the future hardware for Alexa powered consumer electronics!

Amazon Lab126

Product Design Engineer II

Products Released:
Amazon Echo Dot (4th Gen)

•	Used statistical analysis to identify suppliers capability to consistently meet dimensional specs.
•	Researched cost down manufacturing die casting processes to implement on heatsinks.
•	Investigated sustainable thermoplastic materials to bring to mass manufacturing.
•	Introduced new design technology into plastic and metal components to reduce cost.
•	Worked on plastic components, FPCs, and PCB design for Amazon Echo Dot 4th Gen.
•	Incorporated a CCD measurement system to identify graphics locations on printed textiles.
•	Assisted in Wifi shield can design optimization to reduce desense interference.

Product Design Engineer I

•	Provided DFM techniques to start-ups in the Portland Incubator Experiment Shop.
•	Applied plastics manufacturing constraints to early stage product designs.
•	Assisted incubator residents with Moldflow analysis.

PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment)

Mentor (Plastics DFM & DFA)

•	Presented an Autodesk University class on Generative Design in mass manufacturing.
•	Provided Moldflow simulation analysis expertise to plastics engineers.
•	Helped bring new injection molding practices used by Autodesk customers to Moldflow.
•	Pushed Moldflow to its limits by integrating technologies such as Generative Design into tooling        development workflows.

Autodesk

Moldflow Specialist

•	Helped teach design optimization and CAD fundamentals.
•	Assisted engineering students with CAD design for additive manufacturing.
•	Assigned class assignments and projects.
•	Graded students CAD models, assemblies, and drawings.       
•	Provided assistance troubleshooting part modeling.

CAD Teaching Assistant

•	Worked with Engineering team to reduce engineering requests from 250 to 10.
•	Developed aluminum U-channel prototype to resolve an overheating air chamber in a PSE.
•	Resolved a PCBA enclosure interference issue with mechanical engineering team.
•	Tested the effectiveness of ultrasonic welding on injection-molded electrical housing components.
•	Designed and fabricated a security camera mounting bracket to attach to a power node.


Interning at Alpha Technologies Inc. gave me the opportunity to operate as an engineer both independently and as a team. By using Solidworks I was able to implement design processes learned in school to fit the power supply enclosures with which we helped build. Learning everything from the drawings of enclosure components to the mandatory Engineering Change Orders, and everything in between, Alpha provided me with the proper fundamentals of product development and prototyping. Alpha trusted me to meet project deadlines on time along with finding the proper personnel to help me solve specific problems.

Adam James