Joseph Davidson

Experience

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  Ballena Bay and Pewter

  Jan 1998 - Jan 1999

  Shipping Specialist BALLENA BAY PEWTER, LTD

  • Stylized Pewter Goblets and Necklaces• Shipped Inventory to Renaissance Festival

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  Starlite Lanes

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2010

  Front Desk Clerk

  • Fixed AMF bowling alley machines• Front Desk Clerk

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  Machine Solutions Inc.

  Feb 2004 - Jan 2005

  Machine Assembler, Machinist, Shipping and Handling

  • Machined and assembled parts for stent manufacturing equipment

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  Northern Arizona Tool & Manufacturing

  Jan 2005 - Oct 2006

  Machinist

  A machine shop that ran mostly computer controlled machines.• Programmed G Code / Conversational Code• Setup / Milled / Fabricated Parts

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  Northern Arizona University

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2010

  Senior Student Computing Assistant, Lab Teachers Assistant

  • Supported students and faculty in prototyping, plastics/metal manufacturing and CNC machining• Assisted undergraduate students in the following classes: Power Electronics, C++• Coordinated Windows/OS Lab Images, upgraded server rooms and provided general IT assistance

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  Blockwise Engineering LLC

  May 2008 - Sept 2008

  Electrical Engineering Intern

  Engineers and manufactures equipment necessary in the manufacturing of Catheters, Stents, and other implantable medical devices.• Working with machine motion PLC programming and interfacing sensors• Programmed / Tested Marker Band Positioner and Pre-crimper Machine• Assembled Biomedical Manufacturing Machinery

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  Motor Excellence

  Jan 2009 - Jul 2012

  Engineer

  Motor design company commercializing Transverse Flux Electric technology• Helped in the commercialization of Transverse Flux Electric Motors (TFM technology) to companies such as OneWheel, Specialized and Stromer bikes• Demonstrated and presented company products at international exhibits including Eurobike, Taipei Cycle show, and Munich Bike Show• Designed and built dynamometer and instrumentation to validate internal and external motor designs including creating full efficiency maps, noise and power outputs• Used Nation Instruments / Matlab / DAQ test systems to test and validate our systems and automatically create detailed reports Show less

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  Electric Life Engineering

  Jan 2012 - now

  Founder

  Consulting firm creating original products and solutions• Led teams of engineers to solve numerus engineering and design challenges including the creation of products spanning medical, aerospace, instrumentation and commercial• Device designs included GSM handheld devices, brushed motor drive for surgical devices, museum technology exhibits, Antarctica sediment instrumentation, automation machine designs, catheter device prototypes, surgery simulation equipment, and low orbit power electronics Show less

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  Flagstaff Local Works

  Oct 2013 - Oct 2018

  Founder

  Flagstaff's First Community Workshop. • Providing tools and space for people to create• Metal working, woodworking, automotive, prototyping, electronics.

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  Quantance Inc

  Sept 2014 - May 2015

  Senior System Engineer

  ASIC developed Envelope Tracking cell phone chip designs, acquired by Skyworks Inc• Responsible for power amplifier optimization in the LTE band and characterization of Samsung’s newest phones• Worked with Qualcomm’s design team to integrate Envelope Tracking Technology with their power amplifiers• Used Matlab to automate testing procedures, analyze our results, create custom visualization and reports• Developed high frequency RF boards and test fixtures for Spectrum and Network Analyzers Show less

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  Electric Torque Machines

  Aug 2015 - Feb 2019

  Drive Designer

  Developing Transvers Flux Motor Technology, acquired by Graco Inc.• Designed Transvers Flux motor drives, including 700-volt high power systems for the cattle farm industry• Designed testing procedures, validation machines and manufacture fixturing to be used at our international manufacturing facilities• Developed ETM’s most profitable product from start to finish, including board design, programming Embedded C development, component and manufacturing sourcing• Worked and helped validate our international supply houses producing our product in large volumes Show less

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  Starship Technologies

  Jun 2019 - Dec 2019

  Systems Engineer

  Autonomous last mile delivery robots • Managed the largest campus fleet of last mile delivery robots in the USA and maintained a >97% in service rate• Led a team to upgrade the campus fleet to 8X longer range, 2X better cameras, improved radar, motor controls and ultrasonic sensors• Created procedures for teams to test camera, battery, mechanical, electrical and charging systems

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  W. L. Gore & Associates

  Jan 2020 - now

  Senior Electrical Machine Designer

  Improving Life with their innovative Stents and Medical devices• Designed, prototyped and tested new medical devices to combine electronics with implantable devices• Programmed and designed motion control platforms to facilitate creation of high-volume state-of-the-art manufacturing lines• Reviewed electrical designs with internal and external design partner, to verify UL and internal compliance• Helped in the creation of a standardized design systems using PLCs, Machine Vision, and C# Front-End systems Show less