Brian Pilnick

Current

• Mechanical Engineer at Lockheed Martin

Past

• Mechanical Engineer at Tartan Racing, Carnegie Mellon University
• Mechanical Lead at Lunar Rover Initiative, Carnegie Mellon University
• Teaching Assistant at General Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University

• Mechanical Engineer at Red Team, Carnegie Mellon University

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Education

• Carnegie Mellon University
• Carnegie Mellon University

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Industry

Defense & Space

Brian Pilnick’s Summary

Mechanical engineer interested in design. Background and interests in robotics and mechanisms.

Brian Pilnick’s Specialties:

Mechanical and Mechanism Design, CAD Solid Modeling

Brian Pilnick’s Experience

• Mechanical Engineer

  Lockheed Martin

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LMT; Defense & Space industry)

  February 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

  Principal engineer delegate responsible for hinge mechanism used on deployable solar arrays. Conducted investigations into anomalies and non-conformances, developed corrective actions, certified and inspected hardware, and interfaced with suppliers and sub-contracts.
  
  Performed design optimization on opto-mechanical sub-assemblies to meet new system level mass, power, stress, envelope and optical requirements. Tasks included component and tooling design, developing integration and assembly procedures, creating production drawings, and testing hardware.

• Mechanical Engineer

  Tartan Racing, Carnegie Mellon University

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Research industry)

  June 2006 — December 2006 (7 months)

  Designed and fabricated parts and components as a member of the Electro-Mechanical Team for use on the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge vehicles.

• Mechanical Lead

  Lunar Rover Initiative, Carnegie Mellon University

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Research industry)

  May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)

  Designed, modeled and fabricated key components on a lunar rover prototype, in union with NASA Glenn Research Center, to allow controlled descents on 40º slopes of loose lunar regolith.

• Teaching Assistant

  General Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2005 — December 2005 (5 months)

  Responsibilities included holding lab hours, assisting students and grading.

• Mechanical Engineer

  Red Team, Carnegie Mellon University

  (Research industry)

  May 2005 — December 2005 (8 months)

  Worked as member of Mechatronics Team covering design, construction, maintenance, and testing of entries to the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge. Also worked as a member of the Preplanning Team doing route design, editing, and review.

Brian Pilnick’s Education

• Carnegie Mellon University

  MS , Mechanical Engineering , 2006 — 2006

  Focus on Robotics and Computer Aided Design/Engineering

• Carnegie Mellon University

  BS , Mechanical Engineering , 2002 — 2006

  Minor in Robotics
  University Honors

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Brian Pilnick’s Groups:

•    Carnegie Mellon Alumni

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