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Diana Watson
Mechanical Engineer with experience in refrigeration design, test evidence, component specifications, and release decisions. Practical work includes Refrigeration systems, Test analysis, Specifications, Product development.
Experience
Microsoft
Mount Pleasant · United States
Mechanical Engineer
Mar 2022 - now
- Compared test results for refrigeration systems against rated specifications across ambient and part-load conditions, tracing deviations to sensor placement and component tolerances; separated a measurement issue from a design shortfall before the release review.
- Supported product development by evaluating an alternate heat-exchanger assembly, updating the BOM and recording cost, fit, and verification requirements with manufacturing; kept the alternative on hold until the operating-condition test matrix was reviewed.
- Reviewed cooling-system capacity against equipment loads and operating conditions, checked manufacturer submittals, and reconciled commissioning measurements with the design calculation.
- Owned a product-development test using mechanical specifications, resolved an enclosure-fit root cause and completed validation before the production design review.
- Released a quality inspection plan using tolerance-stack calculations, reduced assembly rework by 18% in the pilot batch while preserving safety and compliance checks.
Carrier
Charlotte, North Carolina · United States
Mechanical Engineer
Jan 2019 - Feb 2022
- Reconciled CAD drawings and supplier tolerance reports for a recurring enclosure fit issue; released a reviewed drawing correction with a clear inspection reference.
- Checked a revised work instruction against the drawing and test method, observed its use on the equipment, and corrected a measurement ambiguity before approving the revision.
- Compared an out-of-tolerance measurement with the instrument’s calibration status and the specified setup, repeated the test after correcting the fixture, and kept the raw readings with the engineering disposition.
Selected project
Field-to-design failure review
Project owner
Feb 2024 - Jun 2024
- Linked field failure reports to returned-part inspection and laboratory observations. gave the design review a reproducible failure case rather than an untested replacement recommendation.
- Used Refrigeration systems and BOM to compare the source record with the proposed result; documented exceptions, the reviewer, and the acceptance decision before handoff.
- Built a training inspection sheet from public specifications and synthetic measurement results; separated instrument variation from an out-of-tolerance condition and kept the measurement method beside each reading.
- Compared a proposed process change with the original setup, documented the drawing or instruction revision affected, and wrote an acceptance checklist that required repeatable evidence before recommending release.
- Owned the bench validation using the original failure conditions, resolved a specification mismatch and completed a traceable test record with calibrated measurement references.
Education
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio · United States
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Sep 2013 - Jun 2017
Relevant coursework: Engineering mechanics, thermodynamics, materials, manufacturing processes
Skills
Role expertise
Refrigeration systems · Test analysis · Specifications · Product development · CAD
Publications
- Published an independent engineering note using the training test record, explaining tolerance, measurement uncertainty and why a passed bench test is not a production qualification.


