Aaron Gunn
Bettendorf,IA
Summary
Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level engineering position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Engineering Intern
Pegasus Manufacturing
05.2025 - Current
- Project and Job Setup (different phases for a jobs lifecycle → multiple operations)
- Quoting (cost, time and acquisitions)
- Material qualifying and planning (qualifying plating and individual material to guidelines for certs)
- Iso9001 Certification and PPAP documentation (Oral and written reports)
- Engineering drawings
- Manufacturing
- Worked multiple positions (Quality engineering, Manufacturing, programming, design)
- Assisted with the supervision, upkeep, maintenance of operational equipment;
- Maintained tooling, supplies and materials inventory;
- Applied engineering principles to design and operate electrical, mechanical and data processing systems;
- Produced and maintained accurate design documentation;
Maker Space Engineering Senior Lab Assistant
Western Illinois University
07.2021 - 05.2025
- Assisted with installation of new equipment of various uses;
- Assisted faculty with completions of Engineering lab projects, including senior design robotics;
- Co-taught electronics camp involving drones and circuits;
- Designed and manufactured materials for classes and camps;
- Assisted with the redesign and implementation of safety and workspaces throughout circuits lab;
- Maintain and repurpose Engineering Materials lab;Assisted with the set up and running of labs for Engineering courses;
- Oversaw daily functioning of Maker Space labs, including upkeep, safety, inventory, and projects;
- Budgeting for lab projects in collaboration with supervisors;
- Oversaw and assisted with remodels for all Engineering labs on Quad Cities campus;
- Conducted tutoring for CAD courses;
- Trained Maker Space student employees in 3D printing and design implementation;
- Built prototype units for testing and experimentation;
- Worked with prototype equipment not publicly available;
- Completed projects for Quad Cities community stake holders;
- Maintained inventory logs for Quad Cities Manufacturing Lab at Rock Island Arsenal closure;
- Coordinated the removal and distribution of equipment, receipts and inventory for Quad Cities Manufacturing lab closure at Rock Island Arsenal.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Western Illinois University
Moline, IL05.2026
High School Diploma - undefined
Bettendorf High School
Bettendorf, IA05.2021
Skills
- Materials Management
- Equipment Maintenance
- Python & C
- MATLAB/ SIMulink
- ANSYS
- CAM Prototyping
- Linux/GIT
- FANUC Robotics
- Welding
- Additive/Subtractive Manufacturing
- CAD- Fusion, SolidWorks, Inventor, CREO
- Manufacturing processes
- Project management
- Risk management
- Failure analysis
- Continuous improvement
- Quality assurance controls/ On-site inspections
- Finite element analysis
- Fluid/Thermo dynamics
- Six sigma methodologies
Timeline
Engineering Intern
Pegasus Manufacturing
05.2025 - Current
Maker Space Engineering Senior Lab Assistant
Western Illinois University
07.2021 - 05.2025
High School Diploma - undefined
Bettendorf High School
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Western Illinois University