NAME
Petra Lindqvist
TITLE
Senior Mechanical Engineer
LOCATION
CONTACT
Profile
Mechanical engineer with 9 years designing precision mechanisms for automated manufacturing. Cut assembly-line downtime 24% through redesign of 3 core subsystems.
Experience
2020—Present
Senior Mech. Engineer
Torque Robotics · Ann Arbor, MI
- Redesigned the gripper subsystem on the R4 palletizer; downtime fell 24% across 60 deployed units.
- Led tolerance-stack analysis for a 40-part assembly, cutting scrap rate from 6% to 1.8%.
- Managed FEA validation (ANSYS) for 12 structural components under fatigue load.
2016—2020
Mechanical Engineer
Halcyon Manufacturing Systems · Detroit, MI
- Designed conveyance fixtures for a line running 3,000 units/day; uptime improved to 98.2%.
- Authored DFM guidelines adopted across 4 product lines, cutting prototype iterations 35%.
2014—2016
Design Engineer
Frontier Tooling Co. · Toledo, OH
- Built jigs and fixtures for 18 low-volume production runs.
Skills
CAD/CAE
SolidWorks, ANSYS, GD&T
Manufacturing
DFM/DFA, tolerance stacking
Practice
Root-cause analysis, cross-functional reviews
Education & Certs
B.S. Mechanical Eng.
2010—2014
University of Michigan