Owen Fisher

MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Skills Overview

Originally from Scotland, Owen is an experienced mechanical engineer with a strong background in machine design, mechatronics, and assembly tooling development. He combines a highly practical mindset with deep expertise in DFM, DFA, and DFMEA. This expertise is backed up with extensive experience in hands-on manufacturing processes including manual and CNC machining, fabrication, and 3D printing. Owen brings additional strength in electronics and CAD design, working confidently across platforms such as NX, SolidWorks, and Fusion 360. His broad technical skill set, coupled with a passion for innovation and practical problem-solving, makes him a versatile and dependable Caliber engineer.

• DFM/DFA – Owen’s extensive machine design experience heavily focused on both design for manufacture and design for assembly. Owen has a strong sense of how to improve manufacturability from experience working with suppliers to produce parts for mass production. An example of Owen’s DFA experience is the redesign of the piston retention system for a radial hydraulic pump. The previous retention design had exhibited multiple failures and was difficult to assemble. Owen redesigned the system from scratch, his new design is far easier to assemble and has passed 1000s of hours of endurance testing without failure and is moving towards production release.
• ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION – Owen has previous experience designing and building automated assembly line fixtures, in his personal life he builds first person (FPV) drones and combat robots. This experience enables Owen to continue development of projects beyond purely mechanical work into electronics and software when automation or robotics is needed.
• CONCEPT GENERATION – Owen excels at considering a problem then suggesting and developing multiple conceptual solutions. His strong engineering and mechanical intuition allow him to quickly decide whether ideas are workable or need to be further refined. When designing a new way to synchronise crankshafts between two machines, Owen drew out 5 or 6 competing ideas, considered each carefully before choosing the two he considered to be most practical. After testing simple prototypes of each concept, the design was finalised. The resulting assembly fixture has reduced the time required for the synchronisation from around 15 minutes down to 1 minute.
• WORKSHOP SKILLS – Owen has a strong background in hands on engineering. He was a prominent member in the Edinburgh University Formula Student team, a team of students who build a racing car, when in University. In this role he gained extensive experience in manual machining. This experience was carried forward into further roles which required him to machine parts for prototypes on both manual and CNC machines. This experience gives Owen a very strong understanding on the relative difficulties in manufacturing and assembling components.
• FLEXIBILITY – Previous roles have required Owen to work on multiple projects and design aspects simultaneously, working with multiple teams. Owen is able to switch tasks quickly and can pick up where other team members left off if needed. When a team member left the business, Owen took ownership of the company parts and testing database alongside his machine design responsibilities. He was able to keep both aspects of his work moving forward according to schedule.
• PROJECT MANAGEMENT – Owen managed the DFMEA for the machine design of a hydraulic pump. This involved regularly scheduled meetings that had to be carefully chaired allowing other engineers to voice concerns and opinions without allowing the discussion to stray off topic. During these meetings Owen assigned tasks to his fellow engineers which had to be followed up before the next scheduled meeting.

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