Tooling Design & Manufacturing Fixtures

During my internship at Teledyne Reynolds, I designed and delivered several critical manufacturing tools and fixtures used in high-reliability production for defense applications.

Seal mold tooling was designed in SolidWorks using A2 Tool Steel, holding tolerances to ±0.002" to meet Sandia National Laboratory specifications. Correct tolerancing required accounting for both material shrinkage and tooling block warping under thermal load.

I also reverse engineered molding core pins dating back 40 years — creating proper CAD documentation and tooling to efficiently maintain molds between production runs. Additionally, I redesigned robotic soldering arm fixtures and fingers in 304 stainless steel, improving durability and contributing to a 15% decrease in fixture downtime. Estimated service life extended 6–8 months over the 3D-printed counterparts they replaced.