Brandon Smoot
Process & Tooling Engineering
@smoot
Mechanical engineer working in process and tooling. Naval engineering by day, and came up through manufacturing process work: designing the tooling, cutting scrap and defects out of a line, and running Six Sigma on production.
- Process engineering
- Tooling design
- Six Sigma
- GD&T
At the lab
- Process and tooling for anything the lab manufactures
- Failure modes and defect reduction on physical builds
Professional experience
Mechanical Engineer
Apr 2024 to presentNaval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division
Manufacturing Process Engineer
Jun 2022 to Apr 2024Electron Energy Corporation
Engineer Intern
Mar 2021 to Sep 2021SPS Technologies
- Cut scrap by a six figure amount through new fixturing techniques
- Redesigned departments as part of 6S and Six Sigma initiatives
- Worked with tooling vendors, operators, and metrologists to produce aerospace fasteners
Tooling Engineer
May 2019 to Sep 2019Worthington Armstrong Venture
- Designed tooling that cut scrap and defects out of production
- Built 3D models to specification from 2D drawings and designed the tooling around them
- Built a VR walkthrough of a complete assembly line in 3DS MAX Interactive as an independent project and proposal, including a measurement tool
Assistant Instructor
Jun 2016 to Jan 2019Penn State Extension, Chester County 4-H
- Ran science instruction and outdoor activities on an outreach summer camp program for youth in low income and isolated communities
- Assistant instructor for a monthly science class
Education
Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
2017 to 2022Drexel University
Credentials
- FE Exam, NCEES, 2023
Skills & tools
Design & CAD
- 3D modeling
- Fusion 360
- CAD/CAM
- Autodesk 3DS Max
- Geometric dimensioning & tolerancing
Process & manufacturing
- Tooling design
- Fixturing
- Scrap and defect reduction
- 6S
- Six Sigma
- ISO 9001
Other
- VR prototyping
- 3DS Max Interactive