Evan Spruce

Engineering Manager @ Kane Robotics

About

Not your average engineer. When you put me in a room with end users, management, and engineering, I am in my element. Collaboration is a necessity for innovation and improvement, and I fully embrace that. I am wearing many hats week in and week out. I play the role where I am most valuable to the team at any given moment, and I do it with zeal. I am a doer. I am a collaborator. I am a finisher. I am Evan Spruce.

Country

United States

City

Austin

Industry

Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering

Skill

Leadership, Teamwork, Robotics, Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Agile Methodologies, Microsoft Office, SOLIDWORKS, MATLAB, Python (Programming Language), Microsoft Excel, RoboDK, Mathcad, NI LabVIEW, LabVIEW, Public Speaking, Communication, Creative Problem Solving, Collaborative Problem Solving, Rock Climbing

Experience

Engineering Manager

Kane Robotics

2024-8 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Austin, TX

Application Engineering Manager

Kane Robotics

2023-7 - 2024-8 · 1 yr 2 mos

Austin, Texas, United States

Robotics Engineer

Kane Robotics

2021-11 - 2023-6 · 1 yr 8 mos

Austin, Texas, United States

Robotics Engineering Intern

Kane Robotics

2021-8 - 2021-10 · 3 mos

Chino, California, United States

Lead a team of engineers as scrum master in a 6 week agile development process to produce a minimum viable product and application demonstration for advanced materials trade show •Performed structural bond prep on epoxy reinforced carbon fiber parts for aerospace •Generated robot paths using OLP software and 3D CAD models of part •Integrated pneumatic sanding tool, dust mitigation, and machine vision inspection components into a collaborative robot system •Worked the trade show booth speaking with customers and obtaining several actionable leads for the company

Robotics Engineering Intern

Kane Robotics

2019-12 - 2020-8 · 9 mos

Chino, California, United States

•Cradle to grave development of Sanding and polishing of commercial aircraft cabin window transparencies for customer •Automated the polishing of an old used Superconstellation propeller blade to a mirror finish •Trained fellow intern on the programming and testing of automating propeller polishing •Managed tool selection, programming, and application of wet sanding process as paint preparation for fuel tank panels •Sourced an HMI system able to communicate using 2 different protocols and designed screens for operator use of automated system on manufacturing floor •Designing, sourcing, and integrating hardware and software required to centralize access to network of devices via TCP/IP

Sports Reporter

Genius Sports

2016-7 - 2020-4 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Greater Denver Area

• Generated live data reports of on-field events in real-time for professional soccer games • Communicated with overseas call operators regarding events occurring on the field in real-time

Robotics Engineering Intern

Kane Robotics

2019-6 - 2019-8 · 3 mos

• Research and Development of robotic system to perform structural bond prep • Established and refined robotic process parameters for optimal bond prep using a UR10e • Development, integration, and testing of subsystems of the company’s minimum viable product • Contributed to agile product development of robotic system used for structural bond prep on carbon fiber composite rocket interstage

Tooling Technician

Kane Aerospace

2016-11 - 2018-11 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Completed weekly deliveries of tooling to and from factory floor of major rocket manufacturer • Cleaned and refurbished aerospace tooling by hand • Assembled aerospace component kits containing over 500 pieces • Managed the organization of 7,000 square foot company warehouse