Philip Brown
About
Philip Brown is from Palo Alto, CA. Philip works in the following industries: "Higher Education", "Machinery", "Automotive", and "Aviation & Aerospace". Philip is currently Staff Mechanical Design Engineer at Tesla, located in Palo Alto, CA. In Philip's previous role as a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer at Tesla, Philip worked in Palo Alto, CA until Jan 2018. Prior to joining Tesla, Philip was a Engineer II - V-280 Fixed Drive System Design Lead at Bell Helicopter and held the position of Engineer II - V-280 Fixed Drive System Design Lead. Prior to that, Philip was a Engineer at Bell Helicopter from May 2011 to Jan 2014. Philip started working as Graduate Researcher at Texas A&M University in Jun 2009. From Sep 2008 to Mar 2009, Philip was Associate Engineer at Caterpillar Inc..
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Philip Brown's current jobs
Drive Systems Engineering
Philip Brown's past jobs
Drive Systems Engineering
-Design Lead for V-280 Valor Technology Demonstrator Fixed Drive System. -Responsible for the design, manufacture, and assembly of multiple V-280 tilt-rotor gearboxes. -Involved in both preliminary conceptual design, as well as, detail design; with intimate knowledge of designing for manufacturing, blueprint construction, and dimensional stack-ups. -Distribute tasks, train, and educate Drive System design engineers on the V-280 program. -Interface with design leads from other aircraft subsystems, as well as, program management. -Perform supplier visits, construct and status manufacturing schedules, while working closely with vendors to produce components on time and to engineering design intent.
-Material Review Board Engineer responsible for reviewing, analyzing and creating repairs for discrepant helicopter drive system components ensuring flight worthiness. -Completed extensive one-year training period in the Drive Systems Manufacturing Center prior to being inducted onto the Material Review Board. -Extensive knowledge of tilt-rotor and helicopter power transmission design and manufacturing processes, including: castings, machine from billet housings, gear heat treatment, gear machining and grinding, plating, and other processing techniques. -Design engineering liaison for shop floor personnel and manufacturing supervisors. -Experience with completing drawing changes to engineering blueprints through the use of CAD software, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, and design detailing best practices.
-Performed testing on prototype high-pressure annular air seals used in industrial compressors and aerospace gas turbine engines. -Underwent extensive training in the hardware and systems used in rotordynamic research. -Completed 18-month refurbishment of air seal test rig, including design, installation and trouble- shooting of test hardware and data acquisition systems. -Designed test components and worked with vendors throughout the manufacturing process.
-Conducted cold room performance testing on CX-11 transmissions used in large on-highway trucks and drilling systems. -Interpreted test data, produced technical reports, and presented results to engineering supervisors. -Assisted other engineers with R&D projects involving the new ‘CX’ line of CAT transmissions.