HunterWOLF Mudflap Design

May 2026 – August 2026 Mechanical Engineering Intern (Robotics) Fredericksburg, VA
Organization: Hunter Defense Technologies
This page describes work done at a defense contractor. Details are limited to what is publicly releasable, and any photos shown are publicly released images, marked as such in their captions. No drawings, CAD, or design specifics are published here.
The HDT Hunter WOLF unmanned ground vehicle

The Hunter WOLF unmanned ground vehicle. Public-release photo, HDT Robotics.

The problem

We received feedback from soldiers doing field testing with the HunterWOLF that there was an issue of debris ingress when reversing the vehicle. A fix was needed that would work on vehicles already in production, which meant designing around an existing structure rather than an ideal packaging envelope.

Design and prototyping

Concepts started in SolidWorks and went through several iterations. To test them against the actual vehicle, I ordered neoprene stock and hand-cut prototypes to mount and run. What those showed drove the final design.

Fabrication and installation

Fabrication went out to local machine shops, which meant sourcing vendors, managing the handoff, and following the parts through to installation. Progress went to the chief engineer in a weekly report.

Result

Parts were fabricated and installed on all 11 production vehicles.

Other work at HDT

  • Created 8 detail drawings with GD&T and released them with STEP files to suppliers for manufacture
  • Supported the test engineer across 9 vehicle agility tests, installing instrumentation, prepping the vehicle between runs, and flagging anomalies during testing
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