Interning · Verus Aerospace · Manufacturing & Quality
Alex Brown
Mechanical Engineering · Aerospace-Focused · Tacoma, WA
U.S. Navy veteran (five years as a Hospital Corpsman) and mechanical engineering
student at the University of Washington Tacoma. Currently the Lead Intern at
Verus Aerospace, supporting flight-critical hardware — AS9102 First Article
Inspection, GD&T, Infor VISUAL ERP configuration control, Quality Clinic
operations, and independent over-check inspections on Gulfstream assemblies.
Seeking full-time engineering roles starting Summer 2027.
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Current internship — Verus Aerospace
Dec 2025 – Present · Lead Intern. Supporting flight-critical aerospace hardware
in a high-mix production environment. Maintain Engineering Masters and
configuration control in Infor VISUAL ERP. Develop inspection plans and quality
documentation for AS9102 First Article Inspection. Perform independent
over-check inspections on Gulfstream assemblies. Lead Quality Clinic operations
(non-conforming hardware disposition + workflow redesign). Exposure to
multi-spindle CNC machining of titanium and Inconel.
Case studies
Multi-Tool Fabrication
Fabricated a functional folding multi-tool from raw aluminum on manual mill + CNC. Held ±0.005 in precision, 0.003 in parallelism, 0.002 in flatness against a full GD&T drawing package. Read more →
Three-Stage Reduction Gearbox
Small-team design of a three-stage spur-gear reduction for a 1-DOF robotic elbow. 4000 → 50 RPM, 80:1, full AGMA 2001-D04 analysis, mixed steel + aluminum stack. Read more →
2-Axis Autonomous Turret
SolidWorks multi-part assembly + FDM prints + NodeMCU/Arduino embedded C++. 0.8° angular repeatability (σ) over 100 cycles at ±45° per axis. Read more →
PCM Vibration Analysis
Novel composite (epoxy + beeswax PCM + graphite) with a custom monolithic test rig. ~10× damping factor increase when thermally triggered; near-critical damping validated. Read more →
Saipan Coastal Wave Dynamics
First lab-scale pipeline quantifying wave–coast interactions for Saipan. ~40% PIV accuracy gain via a novel Visual Field Architecture. Read more →
BET-H · Biological Elastin Thermoregulation
Speculative framework: passive thermal regulation inspired by elastin's entropy-driven behavior. Concept-level public; technical depth on request. Read more →
Equitable Micromobility Study
Co-authored peer-reviewed study translating equity policy from 250+ U.S. programs into engineering constraints. Read more →
Skills
AS9102 FAI
GD&T
Metrology
Infor VISUAL ERP
Manual Mill + CNC
SolidWorks
Onshape
MATLAB
Python
Arduino / NodeMCU
Embedded C++
LTspice
AGMA gear design
Tolerance Stack-Up
DFM
CFD / PIV
Prior experience
- U.S. Navy Corpsman · 2018 – 2023 · Armed Forces Service Medal · 5 years managing high-consequence systems.
- Onsite Medical Representative · Amazon · Kent WA · 2023 – 2024. Cut incident response times 25%.
- SAME President · UW Tacoma · Oct 2024 – Present. +30% membership growth, $10K+ budget, 5+ industry pipelines.
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