Jack Reed
Manufacturing Engineer at Hickey Metal Fabrication
Alliance, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJack Reed is a hands-on manufacturing engineer with 12 years of practical experience, currently applying mechanical design and process improvement at Hickey Metal Fabrication after roles at INFINIUM, Pentair, and others. He brings deep SolidWorks and CAD expertise—having standardized a library of 75+ production packets and designed extrusion dies and tooling for high-end architectural systems—paired with shop-floor experience in tooling, machining, and safety-focused process redesign. Jack blends curiosity-driven problem solving from childhood tinkering with structured engineering practice, proven by automating build processes in a Metacademy repo and scripting Windows DevOps tasks. Comfortable translating field constraints into manufacturable designs, he also has experience onboarding engineers and improving cross-functional workflows to reduce review time and eliminate unsafe work. Based in Alliance, Ohio, he’s equally at home optimizing extrusion profiles as riding motorcycles and maintaining boats, reflecting a practical, detail-oriented mindset.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering at Miami UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Hawken School
Github Skills (9)
pip10
powershell10
autobuild10
virtualenv10
build-automation10
python9
cd8
cicd8
javascript5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
metacademy/metacademy-application
Jan 2014 - Apr 2014
Metacademy.org's application code
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:21 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Jack focused on automating the build and setup process for the project, particularly on Windows. They created PowerShell scripts for activating virtual environments and building the application, including installing dependencies and setting up the database. The commits also involved modifications to the build scripts to dynamically handle requirements and adjustments to the autocomplete functionality.
javascriptnextjsreacttypescript
rjreed/tiny-frontmatter
Jun 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:31 commits in 5 months
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