Jordon Leeman

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Who I am

Mechanical engineer with medical device and precision manufacturing experience. I'm as at home designing in CAD as I am testing on the floor.

What I do

Dissect processes into parts, designing each part to fit better than before.

Why I do it

To have a meaningful impact on the shared neighborhood of humanity.

My Strengths

What I bring to the table. Check out my projects.

Intentional design

I begin each design with the end use and user in mind, taking into account the whole process. That means assemblies are manufacturable, lean, and scalable for future modification.

Data-driven decisions

I make every decision as informed as possible. Prototyping gets me real data on a concept quickly, and tools like root-cause analysis, FMEA, and gauge R&R studies guide each change before it's made.

Project ownership

I take full responsibility for projects, from problem statement to validation. That means setting the schedule, tracking lead times, and keeping engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers aligned through clear cross-functional communication.

Documentation

I document every change so it outlasts the person who made it. Work instructions, test procedures, and change requests keep builds consistent, traceable, and easy to hand off.

My Story

Everyone's got one. Here's mine.

2026 – NowTwin Cities, MN

The Next Chapter

Returning to engineering

I moved to the Twin Cities looking for my next role in engineering. I'm excited to bring all I've learned to a team that's making an impact.
If you're curious what I've been doing full-time for the past two years, check out my work building up our shared neighborhood.
May 2024Boston, MA

Graduation · Northeastern University

BS Mechanical Engineering · Summa Cum Laude

I completed my time at Northeastern and earned my BSME. I'm truly grateful to the many professors I learned from, and for the hands-on experience I gained through the co-op program.
It was great to bring it all together in my team's capstone project, an autonomous goalie trainer named the Ping Pal.
2023 – 2024Danvers, MA

Abiomed · Johnson & Johnson MedTech

NPI & Lifecycle Engineering Operations Co-op

My second co-op took me to Abiomed, where I worked on the Impella heart pumps that help patients' hearts rest and recover during PCI procedures. I spent my days designing fixtures and diagnosing root causes to continuously improve pump manufacturing.
My core project was owning the development of an updated thermal welding tool and process step for a new pump, which increased yield by 20%.
Jul – Dec 2022Peabody, MA

Innovent Technologies

Mechanical Engineering Co-op

My first co-op brought me to Innovent Technologies, where I worked on building semiconductor fabrication equipment. It was my introduction to cleanroom manufacturing and fixture design.
My favorite project was supporting the onboarding of a new client by creating the fixturing, work instructions, and test plans for their pneumatic sub-assemblies, which cut floor space and touch time by 50%.
Fall 2020Boston, MA

Starting College · Northeastern University

Mechanical Engineering · Honors Program

I moved to Boston to study mechanical engineering at Northeastern. I joined the Honors Program and made the Dean's List each semester. When I wasn't hitting the books, I was hitting the ice on my intramural broomball team.
Where it startedTrailhead

The Initial Spark

Growing up, my LEGO bucket fueled my creative addiction (check out my Millennium Falcon). Also, a trip to Disney World amazed me with all its attractions and engineering marvels.
From there, it was all engineering, all the time. In high school, I founded and co-ran an engineering club focused on sustainability called the Cardboard Appreciation Club. We made everything from a miniature golf course to a racing boat, exclusively out of cardboard, of course.

Search by skill

Abiomed · J&J MedTech2023 – 2024

Thermal welding tool

Mech design
DFM
Prototyping
CAD
3D printing

Situation: The Pellethane thermal welding process for a new heart pump had a low yield.
Task: Design a new tool and welding process to increase yield.
Action: Designed a new mandrel in SolidWorks that worked with existing cleanroom equipment.
Tuned the mechanical fit with 3D-printed prototypes, then sent drawings to be machined in-house.
Traced inconsistent weld quality to a heat-sink effect in the mandrel, then redesigned it with a band of material removed near the cool end.
Used a process window to tune the inputs until parts came out consistently acceptable.
Result: A new tool and process that increased yield by 20%.

Abiomed · J&J MedTech2023 – 2024

Tightness test fixture

Root-cause analysis
Minitab
System assembly
Mech design
DFM
CAD

Situation: An in-development tightness test was intermittently losing pressure.
Task: Find and fix the source of the intermittent pressure loss.
Action: Watched the fixture in use and identified every test input.
Tested each input's effect on the system response by submerging the pressurized device in the wet lab and analyzing the data in Minitab.
Found two causes: alcohol used on the polyurethane ring, and too little clamping force on the lid.
Redesigned the fixture with more clamps and updated the test instructions to stop using alcohol on the ring.
Result: The tightness test held pressure with a 20% lower standard deviation.

Abiomed · J&J MedTech2023 – 2024

Cannula ID measurement tool

Mech design
Minitab
CAD
3D printing

Situation: The cannula inner-diameter check, which dropped standardized pins through the tube, varied widely between operators.
Task: Design a new measurement process with higher reproducibility.
Action: Designed a 3D-printed fixture that holds the cannula while a force gauge measures pin resistance, recording the diameter when the force spikes.
Confirmed with Minitab that results showed a far lower operator-by-part measurement variance.
Result: A new measurement process with half the reproducibility error.

Red 3D-printed fixture holding a steel cannula, connected to a Mark-10 force gauge on a cutting mat

Abiomed · J&J MedTech2023 – 2024

Glue joint torque validation

Minitab
Verification & validation
Failure analysis

Situation: A handle on a medical device was coming undone in the field.
Task: Validate that an updated gluing process made a statistically significant difference.
Action: Requested batches built with both the original and the updated gluing process.
Recorded the torque failure point for each part on an Instron torque tester.
Used hypothesis testing to check whether the mean torque failure points were different.
Result: Showed the updated gluing raised the torque failure point.

Northeastern capstone2023 – 2024

The Ping Pal: project management

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Project management
System assembly
3D printing

Situation: Soccer goalies need someone to kick for them, kicks vary from shot to shot, and chasing balls wastes practice time.
Task: Develop a highly portable autonomous goalie trainer with a ball return.
Action: Interviewed college soccer players to understand their needs.
Ideated a concept with minimal failure modes, pitched it to my group, and drove alignment around it.
Managed the team's purchase orders.
Scheduled assembly time and led the build.
Result: A device that met its product specifications and launched balls at up to 20 mph with adjustable trajectory.

Jordon giving two thumbs up beside the Ping Pal goalie trainer at the capstone showcase

Northeastern capstone2024

The Ping Pal: ball feed redesign

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Root-cause analysis
Prototyping
3D printing

Situation: Close to delivery, the ball feed couldn't get balls into the launching mechanism.
Task: Find the root cause and make the ball feed work in time for the project showcase.
Action: Studied the feed mechanism and found the motor struggled to start under load, so the arm had trouble lifting a ball from rest.
Redesigned it as a stopping gate that flips down to let a ball roll past, then flips up quickly to stop the next one.
Result: A functional ball feed in time for the project showcase.

Innovent Technologies2022

Pneumatic test stand

Mech design
DFM
FEA
Work instructions

Situation: A new client needed leak-check fixturing for five pneumatic sub-assemblies.
Task: Design one fixture that could leak-check all five sub-assemblies.
Action: Designed a test stand in SolidWorks that was simple to fabricate from sheet metal.
Used SolidWorks FEA to choose a sheet metal thickness that reduced deflection from the sub-assemblies' weight.
Wrote the work instructions for leak checking.
Result: The final design cut floor space and touch time by 50%.

Sheet metal pneumatic test stand with a pressure gauge, valve block, regulator and vacuum gauge mounted on its face

Jordon Leeman

My Strengths

Intentional design

Data-driven decisions

Project ownership

Documentation

My Story

The Next Chapter

Graduation · Northeastern University

Abiomed · Johnson & Johnson MedTech

Innovent Technologies

Starting College · Northeastern University

The Initial Spark

Thermal welding tool

Tightness test fixture

Cannula ID measurement tool

Glue joint torque validation

The Ping Pal: project management

The Ping Pal: ball feed redesign

Pneumatic test stand

Things that interest me

Climbing

Harvest

Music

Reading and poetry

Folding Pages

The shared neighborhood

Seton Hall Missionary

Tanzania

India