Summary
Jared Delora-ellefson is a Senior Mechanical Engineer with eight years of focused experience designing high-precision opto-mechanical systems and radiation-hardened diagnostics for flagship facilities like the National Ignition Facility. He combines deep FEA and systems-engineering expertise (Femap with API scripting, Nastran, ABAQUS) with hands-on prototyping and field leadership, having led critical repairs and delivered alignment instruments with micron-level repeatability. Jared has broadened his toolkit with data science and software skills—Python, ML frameworks, NLP, and remote Linux administration—enabling him to blend simulation, automation, and analysis in complex experimental campaigns. His background spans semiconductor metrology, nuclear and spacecraft analyses, and high-yield target design, and he’s an author on advanced radiography and implosion diagnostics publications. A pragmatic problem-solver, he’s known for beating aggressive schedules on high-risk, high-visibility projects while bridging physicists, technicians, and manufacturers.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Data Science Immersive, Data Science, Completed, Data Science Immersive, Data Science, Completed at General Assembly
Master’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.6, Master’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.6 at Oregon State University