Design Engineering
Showcase 2023

PepsiCo.

Tags
R&D
Food & Beverage
3D-Printing

Project Details

Student
Zac Baylis
Team
PepsiCo Global Foods Process Function
Role
Research and Development Engineering Placement Student
Sector
FMCG, Food & Drinks
Links
LinkedIn

PepsiCo is a multinational conglomerate operating out of the food and beverage industry. PepsiCo is the world’s largest global snack company, and as of 2023, owns over 20 brands including major industry giants such as Frito-Lay, Quaker Oats, Naked Juice, Doritos, and Gatorade. As a placement student the specific area of work is within the PepsiCo Global Foods Process function, focusing on the computational design and the manufacture of prototypes and equipment across PepsiCo brands such as Doritos.

Zac Baylis

Role and Contributions

As a part of my role within PepsiCo’s Global Foods Process function, I have both my own projects, and help teams with aspects of their projects. Over the placement I engaged in the following roles:

1. Consumer Ideation Translation: Using the design engineering skillset of rapid C-sketching, CAD modelling and rendering, my tasks included attending consumer feedback sessions and creating sketches of both their opinions and ideas based off unreleased products.

2. Computer Aided Design Lead: CAD modelling using Solidworks enabled the creation of brand-new designs for manufacture, and the changing of existing files to fix issues in production. Outcomes include international roll-out of new designs, covering countries such as South Africa and Ethiopia, where teams have used my CAD models to create new products.

3. 3D Printing: Demonstrating the use of 3D printing in a large research space such as that of PepsiCo Foods R&D. Outcomes include prototyping new components for process machines that have enabled PepsiCo to enable significant equipment cost savings.

4. Prototyping Method Research: Calling upon the design engineering profile, including concept generation, research, and experimental skills, I was put on a project that develops new processing methods to create food prototypes.

Zac Baylis
Zac Baylis
Zac Baylis