LUKE REILLY
Ocean Springs,MS
Summary
Hardworking and passionate welding engineer seeking advancement to a level 2 position, with strong skills in welding processes, automation, and process improvement.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Welding Engineer
Ingalls Shipbuilding
07.2024 - Current
- Provided troubleshooting and operational support for a robotic gantry panel welding system.
- Assisted in the selection of appropriate equipment based on project requirements, optimizing both cost-effectiveness and performance outcomes.
- Programmed and deployed a Fanuc CoBot to automate previously manual welded industrial products.
- Led the qualification of a welding procedure for Copper-Nickel piping using an improved shielding gas.
- Evaluated vendor welding procedures and coordinated revisions to meet NAVSEA code requirements.
- Provided engineering support for a national shipbuilding research panel project for handheld laser tacking of ship structure.
Welding Engineering Intern
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
05.2023 - 08.2023
- Fabrication of advanced mechanical hardware
- Obtained secret level security clearance to participate in classified projects
- Torch brazing and Braze welding of stainless steel and copper assemblies
- Collaborated on design of advanced mechanical hardware
- Performed tests with fiber laser additive manufacturing machine
- Consulted with metallurgists and material scientists to create inert furnace brazing procedures
- GTAW of various grades of Chromoly, Stainless Steel, Titanium, and Aluminum
- Created a project and test plan to inert furnace braze superalloys
- Worked with experimental prototype welders to fabricate space flight hardware
Welding Engineering Intern
UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries
01.2019 - 04.2023
- Perform weld cross-section inspection and measurement in accordance with customer codes
- Qualify welding procedures for robotic GMAW on aluminum
- Fabrication of WPS and PQR under AWS D1.2, D8.14 code
- Fabrication of industrial equipment
- GTAW weld repair
- Collaborated with engineers on projects and provided insight from experience
- Performed programming, adjustments, and troubleshooting duties on malfunctioning robotic equipment to resolve issues and prevent project stoppage
- Supervised daily operations to ensure high levels of productivity
- Led summer projects and analyzed production data to identify opportunities for improvement
- Successfully worked within tight deadlines and a fast-paced atmosphere
Education
Bachelor of Science - Welding Engineering Technology
Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI05.2024
Associate in Applied Science Degree - Welding Technology
Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI05.2022
Skills
- Inventor 3D CAD
- Problem-solving proficiency
- Fabrication experience
- Safety processes and procedures
- GTAW
- PAC
- Prototype development
- Weld cost analysis
- Welding experience
- Arc welding techniques
- GMAW
- SMAW
- Robotic welding
- Weldment design
- Microsoft Excel
- Robot programming
- RSW
- FCAW
- Welding codes
Hobbies and Interests
Avid outdoorsman, with a passion for fishing and hunting. Action sports enthusiast including skiing, dirt biking, and mountain biking.
Timeline
Welding Engineer
Ingalls Shipbuilding
07.2024 - Current
Welding Engineering Intern
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
05.2023 - 08.2023
Welding Engineering Intern
UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries
01.2019 - 04.2023
Associate in Applied Science Degree - Welding Technology
Ferris State University
Bachelor of Science - Welding Engineering Technology
Ferris State University
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