William Li Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Sunnyvale, CA, US

NPI, SOP, Delivery

Sunnyvale, CA, US

• Employee #1 & founding exec team: product architecture, supply chain architecture, mechanical architecture
• Alpha vehicle chief engineer
• Alpha vehicle program owner

Austin, Texas, US

• Display mechanical design and integration lead

Cupertino, California, US

• AirPods 3 Force Sensor PD Lead - Patent number: 11463797
• iPhone 12, 12Pro 2D Touch PD
• iPhone 11 2D Touch PD
• iPhone XS 3D Touch PD

Newark, California, US

• Interior electronics mechanical design - interface with studio (industrial design) and UX; design in details to enable engineering functionalities to A-surfaces while focusing on a delightful user experience.
• Body electronics packaging design - interface with hardware engineers; analyze and simulate in details to optimize packages structurally and thermally.
• Design and build proof of concept prototypes
• Interface with suppliers to communicate design challenges, brainstorm, and resolve complex issues.

Cupertino, California, US

• PATENT PENDING — Invented a mechanism that modified a current product for better user experience; Designed and developed a true-to-size working prototype from scratch, and filed internal patent disclosure on the.
• Discovered a correlation and introduced a new parameter into assembly line that could potentially solely indicate assembly quality as the new pass/fail standard and save inspection resources
• Designed and led DOEs, analyzed testing results, and gave feedbacks in cross-functional team meetings

• www.mechadragon.com
• MechaDragon is a multi-segmented modular mechanical arm cascaded with high DOF segments, which work together to perform tasks that requires for more versatility and flexibility than traditional mechanical arms can manage
• Each segment is powered by 3 servos to achieve a full hemispherical range of motion
• Responsible for mechanical design, manufacture, project management and public relations
• Participated in material selection, CADing, basic four-bar mechanism design, machining, and troubleshooting
• Website design

Berkeley, CA, US

• Interest in identifying risk factors in order to diagnose earlier weakened bones and prevent bone fracture
• Perform strength, toughness and other material property testing and data analysis on biological samples
• Operate CAT scan on biological samples with Cyclotron at ALS
• Process and analyze 3D images of biological samples with ImageJ and Avizo

Berkeley, CA, US

• Research to minimize the internal damage on a person caused by a hard-rubber projectile from police
• Interest in injury-inducing impact from baseballs and chest guard effectiveness in Little League Baseball
• Coordinate lab progress, new-material testing, silicone projectiles and torso model production
• Enhanced pressure-regulating accuracy in compressed-helium piping design

Beijing, Beijing, CN

• Designed 3D models and 2D drawings for Probe, SOFA Duct and Tilting Mechanism in 6 different low-NOx retrofit projects
• Invented a combined design that acts both as a Manual Damper and a Deflector to resolve space problem

US

• Developed a 6000+ data entry Heat Exchanger Database, covering all 635 heat exchangers in the refinery
• Developed a Cost Estimate Tool to estimate the cost of a Heat Exchanger with an accuracy of 95%
• Issued recommendations to the team that consisted good engineering practices, feasibility, industry standards and additional concerns from process engineers, environment group and management
• Modeled Pressure Vessel with PVElite and Codecalc; Performed Nozzle and Vessel T_min Calculation
• Completed a piping jumpover project that enabled a process project with a potential $20M/yr benefit
• Completed a total of 9 projects and presented a 30-min final report to the refinery managers

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering (Design)

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science And Engineering