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Battery systems and fault investigation
At Rivian, Daniel charged, discharged, pressure-tested, moved, inspected, and helped repair sealed electric-vehicle battery assemblies. He used an overhead crane, documented internal parts and equipment with DSLR photography, helped maintain chain-of-custody records, and contributed findings intended to improve future pack reliability.
The work also included specialized line-equipment wiring, PLC-related controllers and harnesses, emergency response, technical documentation, and cross-team communication.
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Production improvement
At Morton Industries, Daniel operated an LT Fiber Evo on an independent weekend shift. He describes applying 5 Whys, Lean, Six Sigma, and Gemba Kaizen methods to order sequencing and material use. Batching 50-plus orders at once helped maximize stock utilization and prepare more production crates while limiting waste.
At The Wassi Group, he independently transported and operated more than $20,000 in architectural scanning equipment at client sites and managed plan-printing, conversion, binding, supplies, and delivery workflows.
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Advanced manufacturing interests
Beyond direct work history, Daniel explores semiconductor manufacturing, lithography, photonics, additive processes, automated fabrication, and unconventional computing structures.
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Safety, traceability, and handoff
Manufacturing improvement is durable only when the safe method, material state, equipment condition, inspection result, and reason for a change can be handed to the next person. Daniel’s experience with battery chain-of-custody records, technical photography, production sequencing, and client-site equipment reflects that operational side of engineering.
The same principle shapes his research interests: a novel device or process becomes more credible when its tolerances, failure modes, measurement method, and limits are documented alongside the design.