Mechanical engineerprecision hardware
I build precision systems — ultra-high-vacuum, cryogenic, optical, additively manufactured. Currently at IonQ, working on the latest generation of trapped-ion quantum cores.
I'm a senior mechanical engineer with thirteen years across patent examination, additive manufacturing, and precision-hardware integration.
Today I'm at IonQ, building the latest generation of trapped-ion quantum cores — leading final integration of cryogenic subsystems, traveling to field installs, and standing up the production processes that turn R&D prototypes into reliable hardware.
Before IonQ: TouchX 3D haptic systems and Allevi bioprinters at 3D Systems (cut initial part-run cost ~80%, halved development cycles); UHV optical sensors for PVD chambers at AccuStrata. Earlier, I spent nearly a decade at the USPTO examining more than 1,900 patent applications in conductors, inductors, and electronic enclosures.
Outside work, I keep a small workshop — custom replacement parts, prototype hardware and electronic assemblies.
Final integration of cryogenic subsystems for the latest generation of trapped-ion quantum cores — UHV traps, vacuum chambers, cryo electronics and optics. Standing up production processes, work instructions, and quality systems; field installs at customer sites.
Designed and installed a custom 2-lamp atomic spectroscopy system in a customer's R&D vacuum deposition chamber. Built UHV-compatible fiber-optic fixtures and an on-site baffle that eliminated probe-optic deposition. Customer signed for the production system and service contract.
Brought additive manufacturing into early product design on the TouchX 3D haptic-feedback line and Allevi bioprinters — halved development cycles and cut initial part-run cost by ~80%.
Examined more than 1,900 patent applications in conductors, inductors, and electronic enclosures — wiring harnesses for EVs and aviation, smart-grid components, EM shielding, flexible displays.
Replacement keyguards for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) speech devices, designed and 3D-printed in low volumes — saving families hundreds per replacement part.
Personal projects — cosplay props, geometric prints, custom hardware, and one-off fixtures built in my own shop.