Matt Esser Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, CA, US

San Francisco Bay Area

• Improving Neuralink's robotics and surgery system by designing and presenting data-driven solutions to new and existing workflows.
• Evaluated FDA regulations and overhauled the Risk Management practices at Neuralink with revised FMEAs and Hazard Analysis. Instituted technical changes (new risk management software) and cultural changes (SOPs, change.
• Responsible engineer for 2 FDA-approved surgical devices used during Neuralink surgeries; scoped engineering requirements and iterated through the engineering design process to fully validate products.

• Designed issue ticketing system and dashboard to improve root-cause quality and issue resolution speed. Reduced open issues within the division by 80% and improved issue resolution time from an average of 4 months to 8.
• Organized and executed verification & validation testing of over 150+ product requirements necessary for Neuralink's FDA approval.

• Researched advanced metal forming characteristics of Aluminum 1100 O and Commercially Pure Niobium through deep drawing experiments under Dr. Korkolis and Dr. Kelin Chen.
• Responsible for tooling design, manufacturing of equipment, solidworks modeling, interfacing with suppliers and manufacturers, experimentation, documentation, and presentations. Used optical forming analysis software.
• Referenced in 2 publications & was given 2nd prize out of all engineering undergraduates for my research accomplishments

Columbus, Ohio, United States

• Responsible for teaching Solidworks CAD and HSM Works CAM to 70+ students and running 10 labs on Tormach 3-axis CNC machines and Fanuc robot cells.

Hawthorne, California, United States

• Owned the project management for 1st stage allocation strategy. Analyzed scheduling scenarios and delivered recommendations which informed the decision to fly a retiring booster for an 11th time, netting $60M+ in.
• Created stockout and expiration risk visualizations of $5M+ in composite stock to reduce expedite costs and scrap. The dash is used to inform build decisions in weekly updates at the manager and director level.

Fremont, California, United States

• Increased average weekly uptime of e-Kanban system by 2.3%, ~37,000 working minutes through data-driven continuous improvement means. This reduces downtime by ensuring the right part gets to the line at the right time.
• Assisted with 20 EOQ product deliveries, helping recognize $1+ million in 2020 revenue.
• Collected downtime cause data and used it to develop new equipment firmware specifications which can increases system uptime to 100% while requiring no additional parts.
• Launched a poka yoke part pick-aid system which ensures Model Y configurations are correctly assembled.
• Established SOP procedures for Model Y poka yoke use and maintenance to reduce risk of defects.
• Instituted associate training procedures to eliminate Kanban equipment misuse.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

• Responsible for leading a team of 30+ union employees while managing the performance and maintenance of 3 high-speed canning lines capable of producing 200,000+ cases/day.
• Improved KPIs through Lean Six Sigma and PDCA methodologies.
• Assisted with automating Excel database processes with VBA and SQL. When complete it can recover approximately 11 weekly non-value-added hours.
• Received AB Inbev Lean Six Sigma White belt certificate and company green belt training.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Managed the assembly of ceramic bottle decorating mechanisms, turning over $130,000 of inventory weekly.
• Utilized DMAIC to cut waste and implement a cellular assembly process, reducing total assembly time by 10% while maintaining quality and cost.
• Introduced to CNC concepts. Able to read and write G-Code and create machining parameters.