Staff Engineer specializing in Mechanical Design and 3D modeling for high volume consumer electro-mechanics, talented in complex spatial reasoning, and passionate for innovation.

Staff Engineer Mechanical Design @ - HDD part owner: multi-product compatibility, statistical tolerance analysis, DFM, and DFA > Ramp: Designed I.M. plastic part and template, qualified materials for low-wear life performance > FPC: Designed stamped motor flex cables for a custom compression connector > Micro-Screws: Designed custom M1 screws and developed coating’s K-factor vendor correlation > Read/Writer Assembly: Updated design (patent pending), managed sub-assembly engineers > Micro-Dual-Stage-Actuator: Modeled and release drawing for new assembly - Work with PCBA fabrication and SATA, board-to-board, and compression connector alignment. - Nicknamed “TrackMap Guru” for system level Monte Carlo tolerance analysis, added capacity - Received award: Novel invention to use live manufacturing data to increase data capacity - Received award: Quickly developing the expedited WD Black2 Dual HDD+SSD Drive - Team Leader: Implementing process for Failure Modes and Effects Analysis across platforms - Data and analysis: ran vibration, shock, stress, and thermal tests to drive design directions - Training: Advanced GD&T ASME Y14.5, Advanced Tolerance Stack-up & Analysis From February 2012 to Present (3 years 11 months) Sr. Manufacturng Final Integration Technician @  Assembled, calibrated, and aligned the complex opto-mechanical PacB RS DNA sequencer  Improved manufacturing cycle time by working with engineers to modify designs and processes  Obtained experience with large assembly manufacturability systematic troubleshooting From August 2010 to September 2011 (1 year 2 months) Mechanical Engineer @ Designed electro-mechanical assemblies for an automated semiconductor wafer processing tool From May 2010 to December 2010 (8 months) Mechanical Engineer - Intern @  Designed and developed opto-mechanical assemblies and laser alignment fixtures  Operated CMM for fine alignment on opto-mechanical assemblies From June 2009 to January 2010 (8 months) Mechanical Engineer - Intern @ · Hard drive part design, CAD modeling, and drawing · Finite element analysis, simulation, and digital prototyping · Competitive product analysis / reverse engineering · Failure analysis and test methods From June 2008 to September 2008 (4 months)

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering @ Santa Clara University From 2007 to 2010 Mechanical Engineering @ University of Denver From 2006 to 2007 Dunn School From 2002 to 2006 Ian Griggs is skilled in: CAD, Mechanical Engineering, AutoCAD, Design for Manufacturing, Machining, Troubleshooting, Manufacturing, Failure Analysis, Microsoft Office, Project Management, Simulations, Finite Element Analysis, Design of Experiments, Engineering Management, Testing, Matlab