Engineering Intern

May 2017 - March 2018

 

My first internship proved to be a great learning experience, both educationally and practically. I was primarily tasked to support research & development practices by performing reliability tests on large fire-alarm systems and documenting results. This required continuous firmware actualizations, hardware modifications of small electro-components via miniature soldering, and designing rigs that increased efficiency and accuracy of tests.

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Fire alarms are held against the highest scrutiny by governmental regulators - each new device undergoes arduous UL testing prior to commercial release. My main duty was to aid in replicating these tests internally, to assure success when subjected to UL processes.

Some of these tests required custom-designed apparatuses, for which I contributed with high-precision SolidWorks design and modeling. I prepared accurate 2D and 3D drawings with precise dimensional tolerances, used by professional machinists who manufactured all metal works for the company.

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For almost a year, I formed part of a small engineering team that produces the best-selling fire alarms in the USA, adapting to an already-established culture, learning many skills on the go.