Michael Puchalski
Manufacturing Process Engineer at Tekton
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Puchalski is a Manufacturing Process Engineer with eight years of hands-on experience in production and R&D settings, currently applying his skills at Tekton in Grand Rapids. A Michigan Technological University mechanical engineering alum with a manufacturing minor, he has internships across automotive and industrial sectors—Navistar eDrives, Gentex glass production, and Magna Seating—where he tackled component development, defect detection, and seat launch processes. He blends practical Lean Kata problem-solving with supplier-facing technical communication, having authored design requirements and interface documents and led test-driven line improvements. Comfortable moving between shop-floor experiments and engineering documentation, he’s skilled in benchmarking, integration planning, CAN wiring schematics, and data-driven defect reduction. Notably, he translated initial research into supplier discussions and concrete integration options on an electric powertrain project, showing an ability to bridge early-stage R&D and manufacturable solutions.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Alumni, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Alumni at Michigan Technological UniversityProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
puchmichal/indian-food-app
Aug 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:20 reviews, 25 commits, 16 PRs in 1 month
puchmichal/mafia-web-app
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch in 16 days
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