JACOB HOSPES
Darien,IL
Summary
Results-oriented Full Stack Production Engineer with a background in Biomedical Engineering. Developed an integrated platform combining ERP, CRM, logistics, and manufacturing data to improve collaboration across production, sales, quality, and engineering teams. Expertise in medical device principles and data-driven optimization in regulated environments.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Full Stack Production Engineer
Trossen Robotics
Downers Grove, IL
05.2024 - Current
- Architected and built a company-wide production management web application integrated with OrderTime ERP, utilized daily by Production, Sales, Quality, and Engineering teams.
- Designed secure API integrations with OrderTime, Nutshell, UPS, and FedEx for real-time data synchronization without exposing credentials.
- Developed internal systems that extended ERP data into tailored workflows, including dashboards for production planning and inventory analysis.
- Created manufacturing optimization tools that identified critical shortages and schedule risks, supporting informed purchasing and assembly decisions.
- Integrated software workflows with physical operations, enhancing traceability and reducing errors in supply chain processes.
- Established data pipelines and analytics views, reducing reliance on spreadsheets and streamlining coordination across departments.
- Acted as a technical liaison between operations, engineering, and leadership to translate production needs into scalable solutions.
Supply Chain Engineering Intern
Duly Health and Care
Downers Grove, IL
05.2023 - 08.2023
- Developed vendor RFQ optimization processes, resulting in 18% reduction in medical device procurement costs.
- Automated inventory, pricing, and reporting workflows using Power BI and data analytics, decreasing quarterly processing time by 2-4 days.
- Built internal tools using Microsoft Power Apps to modernize vendor data access and cross-team collaboration.
- Supported medical supply optimization initiatives across five healthcare facilities.
Education
M.S. - Chemical Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
Chicago, IL12.2025
B.S. - Biomedical Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
Chicago, ILSkills
- Biomedical and medical device engineering
- Data analysis and software development
- Process optimization and inventory management
- Project management and system architecture
- Analytical problem solving
- Medical device design and prototyping
- Biomaterial's and cell culture
- Neural interfaces and wearable devices
- Medical imaging technologies
- Software and data engineering
- Python programming
- MATLAB proficiency
- SQL expertise
- Relational data modeling
- Full-stack web applications
- API integration strategies
- Data pipeline development
- Analytics and dashboards
- Manufacturing systems engineering
- MRP concepts and inventory optimization
- BOM structures management
- Work order processing
- Production planning techniques
- Linux-based systems administration
- Debugging skills in embedded systems
- Microcontroller programming
Projects
Wearable Device for Parkinson’s Postural Instability
- Designed a wearable postural correction system to address balance instability in Parkinson’s patients, capable of compensating for up to 15° of forward or lateral tilt.
- Implemented inertial sensor–based feedback (IMU) to detect postural deviation and trigger corrective response logic in real time.
- Developed control algorithms to provide timely corrective cues aimed at reducing fall risk while maintaining user comfort and mobility.
Assistive Prosthetic Enhancement — Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
- Collaborated with clinicians and end users to design a modular prosthetic add-on for hand-cycling rehabilitation units.
- Engineered mechanical interfaces to ensure secure attachment, ergonomic alignment, and compatibility with existing assistive devices.
- Iterated designs through prototyping and testing to balance biomechanical efficiency, usability, and durability.
Manufacturing & Inventory Optimization Systems
- Led the design of internal tools to analyze inventory usage, reorder thresholds, and production demand across multi-assembly manufacturing workflows.
- Developed systems to surface component shortages, lead-time risk, and downstream assembly impact, improving production planning accuracy.
- Reduced manual coordination and spreadsheet-based tracking by centralizing inventory and production data into actionable dashboards.
Embedded Vision-Control Automation Platform
- Built an embedded automation system using a Raspberry Pi and camera module to perform real-time color detection.
- Implemented computer vision logic to trigger hardware control actions based on detected visual states.
- Integrated the system with an external console to enable automated, repeatable control sequences driven by visual input.
Honors And Leadership
- Student Honor Marshal - IIT Commencement (2022-2024)
- Dean's List - All Semesters
- Balanced Man Award - Sigma Phi Epsilon
- Tau Beta Phi Alumni
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Full Stack Production Engineer
Trossen Robotics
05.2024 - Current
Supply Chain Engineering Intern
Duly Health and Care
05.2023 - 08.2023
M.S. - Chemical Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
B.S. - Biomedical Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)