Natalia Marchini

• Translated existing guidance and control algorithms from MATLAB to C to integrate with NASA’s POST2 software.
Developed MATLAB functions to rigorously test the translated algorithms, ensuring accurate and reliable performance.
• Audited and corrected translated algorithm functions, improving accuracy and functionality.
• Created MATLAB plots to compare solutions between the translated and original algorithms, facilitating data-driven decision-making.
• Engineered an interface between POST2 software and translated algorithms, streamlining integration and operational efficiency.
• Successfully compiled algorithms with POST2, ensuring smooth functionality and integration.

• Applied optimization techniques, including the Knapsack and Bin Packing problems, to enhance NASA’s payload operations efficiency.
• Developed and refined Knapsack and Bin Packing algorithms in Python, optimizing payload operations for efficiency and resource utilization.
• Improved Bin Packing algorithms to optimize item placement and minimize bin usage, significantly enhancing resource management and operational efficiency.

• Designed structural components of the Empennage and Nacelle using CATIA V5, ensuring optimal performance by considering environmental factors, tolerances, load paths, weight, cost, and engineering requirements.
• Managed the entire design lifecycle from IDR to CDR, ensuring all components met critical review standards.
• Achieved an efficiency rating of 117%, the highest on the team, contributing to the company's most efficient design team.
• Designed and developed 50 parts within 2 months, utilizing CATIA V5 and adhering to strict project timelines.
• Conducted comprehensive torsional analyses on critical aircraft components, ensuring structural integrity and performance.
• Facilitated cross-functional collaboration to ensure designs met all engineering, stress, materials, process, and regulatory standards, and integrated all components seamlessly.
• Coordinated with suppliers to design manufacturable parts in both sheet metal and machining, optimizing production efficiency and ensuring manufacturability.
• Developed detailed 3D models and drawings, ensuring accurate communication of design intent to fabrication teams.
• Supported engineering design development by analyzing and simulating prototypes and 3D computer models.
• Created parts for machining, sheet metal fabrication, and injection molding.
• Performed analysis of technical designs and prototypes in the development stage.
• Proactively identified potential risks in the design process and developed contingency plans to mitigate potential impacts on project timelines or budgets.
• Developed and implemented internal processes and manuals, streamlining design development and improving engineering workflow.
• Developed comprehensive technical specifications that clearly outlined design requirements for vendors and manufacturing partners.
• Trained 40+ engineers in company design guidelines and FT&A CATIA workbench, enhancing overall team proficiency.
• Mentored interns and developed comprehensive training materials, fostering future talent and ensuring their success as design engineers.
• Generated detailed technical reports and presented findings to management, facilitating informed decision-making.

• Designed harnesses and mechanical components from scratch using CATIA V5, including brackets, connector backshells, customized clips, and harness guides in plastic. Ensured seamless production by considering production takt time, ergonomic targets, and cost.
• Conducted tolerance and stress analyses using hand calculations and ANSYS simulations to evaluate yield stress, fatigue, and strain, ensuring design robustness and reliability.
• Created detailed mechanical component drawings using CATIA V5 and harness drawings using Mentor Graphics, facilitating precise manufacturing and assembly.
• Collaborated closely with harness and injection molding suppliers to optimize designs for manufacturability and successfully released parts to production, enhancing production efficiency.
• Developed detailed 3D models and drawings, ensuring accurate communication of design intent to fabrication teams.
• Conducted thorough research on materials and manufacturing processes to ensure optimal design solutions.
• Utilized rapid prototyping methods such as 3D printing for quick validation of design concepts and iterative refinements.
• Supported engineering design development by analyzing and simulating prototypes and 3D computer models.
• Created parts for machining, sheet metal fabrication, and injection molding.
• Performed analysis on technical designs and prototypes in the development stage.
• Inspected the general assembly line and identified top-quality errors during assembly. Suggested and implemented solutions by working closely with line workers, engineers, managers, and directors, significantly improving assembly quality.
• Organized meetings with quality, processing, design, and manufacturing teams to enhance installation processes during assembly line, resulting in streamlined assembly operations.
• Supported assembly line construction by building racks, training line workers, installing car parts, testing camera functionality, mitigating safety hazards, and ensuring smooth assembly line operations.

• Designed a Nautilus Gear System using SolidWorks and parametric equations, incorporating a snap feature.
• Generated an assembly and created a simulation to test functionality before 3D printing.
• Created detailed part drawings and an assembly drawing.
• Successfully printed and tested the design.