Samuel Scofield
Beaverton, OR
Experienced mechanical engineer with 9+ years in mechanical design, electro-mechanical design, product development, Automation, cost reduction and efficient remote communication. Seeking a leadership role in a product development team designing dynamic mechanical systems. Strong desire to lead and own processes and verify mechanical systems as to their functional qualities and manufacturability.
Photon Kinetics Beaverton, OR
Measurement Engineer Present – January 2026
Developing and prototyping a fiber cleaving system from the ground up.
Project management of the development
Testing and debugging with a focus on tight specifications, ease of use, and reliability
Grune Technica Gresham, OR
Automation Controls Engineer January 2026 – March 2025
Developing and programming HMIs and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) in Ladder logic using AutomationDirect hardware to control a machine consisting of pneumatics, sensors, and robotics to automate a manufacturing process.
Designed and assembled an electrical panel consisting of relays, breakers, fuses, contactors, terminal blocks, power supplies and utilizing AC and DC voltage where needed.
Involved in HMI design reviews to gain alignment with client management and manufacturing partners on layout, functionality, and serviceability.
Developed error reporting and handling logic.
Actalent Tigard, OR
EME Mechanical Engineer 3 January 2025 – January 2019
Client - ASML (Remote, January 2025-January 2020): Electro-mechanical design focus to develop modules for next generation extreme ultraviolet lithography
Involved in design reviews to gain alignment with client management and manufacturing partners on design, cost, integration and serviceability.
Designed and implemented thermocouple and heater cables, interfaces and routings inside a clean vacuum environment taking into account volume, maintenance, and human factors.
Developed mechanical components within complex volumes while following SEMI ergonomic and safety standards for service actions to meet regulatory requirements.
Problem solved difficult assemblies by researching similar off the shelf solutions, creating concepts in CAD and verifying functionality, tooling volume clearance and tolerance stackup analysis.
Followed evolving Way of Working to support continuous improvement in every aspect of development.
Executed change requests for owned parts & assemblies which consisted of a BOM compare, vendor component review, and drawing & documentation review.
Developed detailed engineering drawings, bills of materials, assembly instructions and quality control documentation with visual aids for mechanical & electrical assemblies consisting of 10 - 100+ components.
Provided effective communication and proactively fed information to domestic and internationally located partners.
Client - Lam Research (December 2020-January 2019): Collaborated with multi-discipline design teams and international partners to advance the design of semiconductor deposition tool builds.
Reduced cost of gas lines by simplifying the design and decreasing the quantity of parts.
Partnered with manufacturing engineers to investigate, redesign and resolve manufacturing issues.
Developed documentation to enable tool to meet requirements for acceptance and integration in the customer’s manufacturing process.
Worked independently yet always connected with the team via remote-location communication methods.
RLA Engineering Vancouver, WA
R&D Mechanical Engineer November 2018 – June 2017
Client - Hewlett Packard: Developed modules in a powder-based 3D printer. Contributed to the evolutionary design of powder handling, pressure and temperature sensors subsystems:
Experienced with entire product development cycle (from concept to production).
Partnered with procurement and manufacturing to verify design margin, manufacturability and quality.
Proficient in 2D and 3D CAD to design parts using CNC machining, sheet metal forming, injection mold and elastomer fabrication processes.
Ensured part & assembly functionality and design intent was properly defined using GD&T ASME Y14.5.
Created 3D cable routing models and drafted drawings that connected to sensor PCAs.
Designed and assembled test bench assemblies for sub-systems consisting of belts, gears, motors, optical sensors, cables and electrical boards.
Used design of experience (DOE) methods for functional verification, publishing results for team review.
Created test scripts which included algorithms and motion control for validation and debug of sub-system operation.
Applied root cause analysis and evaluated multiple fabricated prototypes for cleanliness issues in material handling sub-systems.
Verified functionality and identified failure modes by applying finite element analysis (FEA).
Collaborated on multi-discipline design teams to support system integration of mechanical parts.
Traveled internationally in support of manufacturing builds and was involved in diagnosing part function and quality, assembly process and manufacturing issues.
Simplexity Product Development Vancouver, WA
Mechanical Engineer Part-time June 2017 – December 2014
Client - Hewlett Packard: Developed three generations of powder based 3D printer module testbeds using Creo. Validated functionality and performed reliability testing.
Developed a test fixture with linear stages and photo interrupter sensors to test a mechatronics board.
Developed a procedure that utilized a microscopic image and analyzed colors to find areas of interest to deposit material.
Washington State University Vancouver, WA
B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2017
Focus on Mechatronics
Software:
PTC Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, PTC Creo 5, Solidworks, Autodesk Fusion 360, Siemens NX, Teamcenter (PLM), Ansys/FEA, Matlab, Do-More Designer (PLC), C-More HMI, Sharepoint, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Energia, Python, Flexscript, Polarion, Jira/Agile, Microsoft Teams
Technologies:
Fiber Optic Measurement, Microcontroller Programming in C with a TI Tiva C, PLC and HMI Programming, FDM 3D Printing using Bambu Labs A1, Manual metal lathe and milling machinery, Powder based 3D Printing, semiconductor deposition tool, Extreme ultraviolet lithography tool, Designed machined metal, sheet metal, plastic, elastomer and cable assemblies, Six Sigma White belt
Modeling and 3D printing assemblies to solve specialty problems; Fabricating sheet metal for high performance vehicles via bending, cutting and shaping using hand and power tools; Autocross racing; Kayaking; Rock Climbing; Pepper growing