Engineering / TechnipFMC

Subsea Engineering Intern Summer 2019

Over the Summer of 2019, I interned with the oil and gas service provider TechnipFMC. In this role, I worked with Operations Engineering in the Subsea division. My summer project was to work with an India-based design team to perform root cause analysis on hydraulic pistons used on subsea equipment. I conducted and presented a cost analysis and ROI to conclude that the best solution was to design and prototype a new hydraulic piston. During the design process, I worked extensively with Cost Engineering and the onsite machinist to develop a fundamental understanding of the limitations and inefficiencies of the machining and fabrication process. I used this knowledge to design a piston concept that drastically reduced machining time and better utilized the stock material purchased. This design concept was then unanimously selected due to a 35% lower production cost than the previously leading concept, and an estimated 70% reduction in purchasing cost from the existing hydraulic piston. I then authored the testing procedures for both factory acceptance testing and routine testing, adhering to relevant industry safety standards. I participated in this project from its conception to the prototyping phase and then passed it off to a team member for implementation.

In this role I functioned as the project manager over an India-based design team, significantly developing my international and remote communication skills. For more information regarding my interpersonal development, please select the following link to my Communications Portfolio.