Liam Nolan

Liam Nolan

Mechatronics Engineer

I am a Mechatronics Engineer with over four years of professional experience developing complex robotic systems. Previously specializing in medical robotics I am currently developing construction robotics as apart of the team at Rockslice.

Location
Bergen, Norway
Email
Phone
+43 677 610 89511
Website
https://liamjosephnolan.com
GitHub
github.com/liamjosephnolan

Experience

– present

Senior Mechatronics Engineer at Rockslice

Primary Engineer on robotic concrete cutting plaform. Responsible for mechanical design and manufacturing, robotic testing and integration and technical development

Highlights

  • Utilized Onshape to design and develop next generation of water driven concrete saw
  • Released mechanical drawings for manufacturing in adherence to GD&T standards
  • Integrated 6DOF robotic arm to act as a testing platform for prototype hardware

–

Mechanical Engineer at Ethicon Inc.

Worked on a Laparoscopic Surgical Robotic system. Designed, tested, and integrated multiple robotic subsystems while also supporting clinical procedure development efforts.

Highlights

  • Project Lead of mechanical immobilization solution for surgeon console
  • Team Lead of capital equipment packaging project
  • Designed, tested & integrated robotic subsystems for surgeon console
  • Designed and coordinated manufacturing of various PCB and optical test fixtures
  • Diagnosed and repaired custom robotics system in a clinical setting
  • Supported procedure development efforts in surgical labs

–

Mechanical Engineering Intern at Auris Health

Worked as an Intern at Surgical Robotic’s Startup. Primarily involved in development and testing effort of electromechnical immoblization system.

Highlights

  • Designed and manufactured custom electromechanical actuator to immobilize surgical system
  • Assembled, tested, and characterized performance of robotic arms
  • Tuned, characterized, and tested custom electromechanical actuator
  • Analyzed assembly critical tolerance stackups in custom actuator assemblies
  • Created, reviewed, and delivered part drawings for manufacture

–

Mechanical Engineering Intern at Orbital ATK

Worked as an Intern at a Satellite manufacturer. Primarily involved in testing and construction of Satellite deployables.

Highlights

  • Prototyped assembly methods for various satellite deployables
  • Assembled and tested engineering development units
  • Analyzed flight hardware for defects and insured assemblies were within tolerance
  • Manufactured and assembled stiffness and thermal test fixtures

–

Mechanical Engineering Intern at Breedt Production Tooling and Design

Worked as an intern at a design and manufacturing firm. Responsible for the design and manufacture of parts for external vendors.

Highlights

  • Design, manufactured, and tested large scale industrial tooling
  • Responsible for mechanical and electrical design of robotic hydroponic foam cutter
  • Designed and manufactured rubber compression mold stripper

–

Mechanical Engineering Intern at Breedt Production Tooling and Design

Worked as an intern at a design and manufacturing firm. Responsible for the design and manufacture of parts for external vendors.

Highlights

  • Designed and manufactured parts for external customers
  • Operated and maintained both CNC manufacturing equipment and manual machining equipment

Other Involvements'

FIRST Robotics Competition

President of FRC Team 2046 and Mentor on FRC Team 973

Highlights

  • 2017 World Champions
  • 2018 SF Regional winners
  • 2015 Curie Divison Finalists

BattleBots

Engineer on two seperate Battlebots

Highlights

  • Alexi, 3lb combat robot
  • Zenith, 250lb combat robot

Education

–

B.Sc in Aerospace Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, SLO

–

M.Sc in Mechatronics from MCI, Innsbruck

Languages

English
Fluency: Native
Norwegian
Fluency: Basic
German
Fluency: Basic

Skills

Mechanical Design
Keywords:
  • Solidworks
  • Onshape
  • Autodesk Inventor
  • GDNT
  • DFMEA
  • FEA
  • Ansys
Robotics
Keywords:
  • Python
  • MatLab
  • ROS2
  • Simulink
  • C++
Manufacturing
Keywords:
  • CNC Manufacturing
  • MasterCAM
  • BobCAM
  • 3D printing
  • Waterjet Cutting
  • Lasercutting
  • MIG Welding
Software & Development
Keywords:
  • Linux
  • YAML
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Git
  • Jekyll
  • OpenCV
  • CI/CD
  • Github Actions

Interests

Outdoors
Keywords:
  • Rock Climbing
  • Ski Touring
  • Cycling
Robotics & Tech
Keywords:
  • FIRST Robotics
  • Combat Robotics