MTS Printable
Original GCSE geometry, with presentation materials added for this viewer. Loads only when you choose to explore it.
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CAD / visualisation / prototyping
CAD and 3D design
One design workflow: parametric CAD, physical prototypes, Blender visualisation and animation. Ideas made tangible, then tested against real constraints.
FROM MY WORKBENCHGCSE / FUSION 360
MTS PrintableDesigned in CAD. Developed through prototyping.
5 years / primarily Blender
Visualisation & animation
My Blender product images and animation work, with links to the finished listings where the images were used.
GCSE 3D Design / Grade 9
From CAD to physical prototypes.
Fusion 360 for plans and printable parts. TechSoft 2D Design for laser-cut components. Resin printing to develop and test ideas through GCSE research and development.
ESA — Angles
An original GCSE design. The interactive model loads only when you choose to explore it.
My prototyping setup & GCSE workflow
I used the Mars 4 DLP and Saturn 4 Ultra in my GCSE 3D Design research and development, alongside Fusion 360 and TechSoft 2D Design. I achieved a grade 9 in the course.
Mars 4 DLP
My first resin-printing setup.
Saturn 4 Ultra
Expanded my resin-prototyping setup.
Centauri Carbon 2 Combo
A later expansion into FDM printing, after GCSE.
Prototype to production.
PROJECT / 02Production
Assembly jig: prototype to CNC
SolidWorks jigs developed from printed prototype to release for CNC manufacture.
Modelled after learning SolidWorks by reverse-engineering a physical component with vernier calipers. The 3D-printed prototype was checked against the real production equipment in the cleanroom, refined, then released to the machine shop.
Work experience, Micro Electronics
Custom Interconnect · Andover · on site
One-month placement in the Micro Electronics department at the UK’s largest outsourced semiconductor assembly and test facility.
- Designed assembly jigs in SolidWorks and developed a 3D-printed prototype, validated against production equipment in the cleanroom before refinement and release for CNC manufacture.
- Trained in SolidWorks by reverse-engineering a physical component using vernier calipers to produce an accurate 3D model.
- Followed chip-on-board packaging end to end: wafer dicing against customer known-good-die data, die attach to in-house PCBs, wire bonding and glob-top encapsulation.
- Took part in wire-bonding operations and trained on the wire-bonding machine.
- Worked to cleanroom discipline: full gowning, ESD control and airborne particle monitoring to maintain ISO 14644-1 classification.
- Applied Python from GCSE Computer Science to test and debug an existing Tower of Hanoi implementation, working through move validation and state-handling logic.
Jul 2024
Education
Qualifications and subjects ↗Contact
Get in touch.
Alongside developing JDC Ventures, I’m applying for 2027 entry to mechanical and aerospace engineering degree apprenticeships. I’m open to relevant placements, insight days and conversations about products, prototypes and early-stage ventures.
jdc@jfdcosta.com