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Nevada City, CA, US

Grass Valley, California, United States

Factory built, sustainable housing

Design consultant across multiple systems. Subsystem architectures including part splits, material selection, and assembly strategies. Concept design of composite structures, actuated closures, and electric powertrain thermal management systems. NX.

San Francisco Bay Area

Led a team of 8 mechanical design engineers, shifting focus from design to assembly, logistics, construction, deployment, and commissioning of all Grow Spaces. In parallel, created and defined the Development Processes for the startup company, to support scaling and deploying farms systematically. Moved temporarily to Los Angeles to drive the construction.

San Francisco Bay Area

Built and hired a team of 8 mechanical design engineers, thru the pandemic. Initially focused on defining the system architecture, concept design, systems integration, mechanical detail design, manufacturing and fabrication processes for the primary Grow Spaces of the 100,000 square foot Euphrates Farm in Compton, CA. Responsible for managing a $30M budget.

San Francisco Bay Area

The first Staff Mechanical Engineer hired at Plenty, lending experience to Thermal, Lighting, Mechanical Integration, and Nutrient Systems to complete designs and deployment of the Tigris Production Farm in South San Francisco. Solidworks.

San Francisco Bay Area

Reported to the former President of Tesla, Jerome Guillen, as the technical lead for the reconfiguration and rapid deployment of 2/5 of the automation free Model 3 General Assembly Line 4, with focus on manually installing the Instrument Panel, Battery, and Drive Units. Led a cross-functional team of engineers and production leads to increase production.

San Francisco Bay Area

Design responsible for all customer facing components of the Model 3 Instrument Panel, including the center display, invisible air vents, and decorative assembly, with a focus on large, complex plastic injection moldings and metal stampings. Frequently visited Los Angeles design studio to collaborate with industrial designers and key suppliers during early.

San Diego, California

Led cross-functional teams, bringing a product from concept to production. Met biweekly with executive leadership to review project direction, progress, priorities, and roadblocks. Defined reliability criteria and supported failure mode analysis across multiple product lines. Leveraged manufacturing background to optimize designs for industrialization and.

San Diego, California

Golf club technology research and development, with emphasis on metallic structures, energy absorption, stress analysis, and resonant frequency management. Used 3D modeling and performance simulations to construct and analyze design concepts. Applied set-based design principles to efficiently explore a design space and isolate design variables. Evaluated.

San Diego, California

Industrialization of product designs for high-volume production. Improved manufacturing capabilities, including ultra-thin wall investment casting, forging, welding, powder metallurgy, machining, die casting, and grinding. Regularly traveled to Mexico and Asia, working closely with supplier manufacturing teams to create reliable and repeatable processes to.