Matt Mickelson Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Systems Engineering Lead for new personal autonomous vehicle programs, including SAE Level 3 and Level 4. I work with the General Motors team to develop customer use cases and distill them to product requirements while working internally with cross-functional hardware and software teams to ensure feasibility and with project management to develop milestones.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Co-founder of Engineering Services company focused on partnering with product teams at all stages of product development. Our team is located in Pacific Northwest with broad experience in product delivery from early concept through high volume execution. Concurrent specializes in prioritizing design and process optimization opportunities, then partnering with your team to augment resources in critical areas. Key deliverables range from early product technology and risk assessment, consolidation of Functional requirements, Product design, Design Verification, all the way through to manufacturing readiness and execution.

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Responsible for strategic planning of development timelines and prototype builds to facilitate bringup of new technology across silicon, sensors, display, and software algorithm development for AR Glasses. • Distill product requirements and customer use cases to succinct functional specifications, driving product design tradeoffs between >20 cross-functional teams for Augmented Reality Glasses. • Created and deployed new processes to aid in communication across matrix org structure, including Change Control, flexible build Config Management, Requirements Traceability, and Bug tracking.

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

• Built a team of 30 FTEs and 80+ contractors, establishing a new team within Facebook to execute internal prototype builds and provide design verification for complex opto-Mechanical products.• Established new roles including DfX/process support, precision automation design, build management, manufacturing test, optical test and calibration, electrical and mechanical design verification for AR hardware prototypes.• Utilized experience in opto-Mechanical product design to define product specs, plan build cycles, build prototyping and test capability, create test plans, and model a new product development process.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• End-to-end product development for innovative new medical device. Took proof of concept with new sensors that was tolerable for 5 minutes of wear and made a device that is wearable 24/7 by users across the size and weight distribution.• Worked under limited research budget but came up with creative ways to keep costs down for tooling and production by using alternative prototyping methods to produce highly functional prototypes.• Product Architect for next generation of Microsoft Premonition, an AI and machine learning enabled "robotic field biologist" with the mission of using insects to track the spread of viruses and other pathogens.• Consulted on several undiscolosed opto-ME related research projects, providing insight on both design and manufacturing methods.

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Developed requirements and specifications for the launch of Amazon Go (Automated Grocery Store).• Personally designed camera modules and device integration for all camera types in the store.• Helped to build new product development group from scratch, including establishment of new support teams, setup of manufacturing partners both domestic and overseas, and development of formal product development cycle for a new group in Seattle.• Delivered representative prototypes and iterated toward manufacturing ready products that meet aggressive technical specifications developed in conjunction with software partners. • In addition to technical leadership and individual contributor work, hired and managed a team of 9 hardware development engineers in support of mechanical design and all peripheral manufacturing and testing functions for 5 different computer vision camera module products.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Used skills in measurement and data analysis to design and execute experiments (DOE) to establish key factors for improvement of quality in key optical elements and systems.• Evaluated interactions between product design and manufacturing, working to establish new materials and design concepts when required to optimize quality, reliability, and manufacturing yield.• Developed new processes and equipment for design concepts not producible with current methods. • Researched competitive landscape for new materials, equipment, and processes to enable future designs.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Used Six Sigma, DOE, statistical analysis, and other problem solving techniques to solve critical design and process issues, saving over $18M with my Green Belt and Black Belt projects.• Worked closely with optical engineers to optimize design and tolerance budgets for mechanical mounting of optical components, improving yields, reliability, and performance.• Traveled to China, Taiwan, and Israel to oversee manufacturing and supplier quality, resulting in timely delivery of product builds leading to verification of readiness for mass production.• Designed fixtures, assembly process, and thermals for Kinect, which sold 8 million units in 60 days, as well as Kinect 2.0.• Reviewed product from DfA perspective and drove design modifications with key stakeholders in multiple product lines, offering solutions that reduced part count (-10%), optimized assembly flow, reduced headcount (-15%), reduced fasteners, added poka-yoke features, and increased tolerances.• Conducted experiments (DOE) and other testing to prove robust design and optimize process parameters.• Worked extensively with Compliance team to create EMC/ESD mitigations that meshed easily with product design and assembly process.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Modeled PC subsystem in FloTHERM, providing more informed decisions about thermal design.• Created FEA models using ANSYS/Workbench and Pro/Mechanica that drove decisions about mechanical design tradeoffs in sheetmetal and plastic parts. • Outsourced FEA using LS-DYNA with Indian firm, establishing product drop specification.• Designed and modified parts and assemblies using Pro/Engineer while following DFx guidelines, resulting in a more manufacturable, serviceable, and reliable product.• Held design reviews and design proposal meetings to keep management and team members informed.• Directed contingent staff, technicians, and manufacturing resources in order to complete design, testing, quality, and supply chain tasks and deliver prototype and production builds on schedule.• Documented the product with new part numbers, descriptions, detail drawings, and Bills of Material for over 300 parts and over 60 sub-assemblies. • Traveled to China and Taiwan to oversee quality control, manufacturing, and supplier quality, resulting in timely delivery of 4 product builds leading to verification of readiness for mass production.

• Designed and detailed mechanical components using Solidworks to facilitate design improvements that increased usability and customer satisfaction. • Tested and troubleshooted centrifuge operation, drawing out bugs and creating a more robust design. • Performed FEA using COSMOS in order to ensure product safety under specified operating conditions.• Developed processes and databases to control assembly drawings and BOMs as well as manage inventory for the manufacturing floor, resulting in an efficient, streamlined manufacturing environment.• Managed and assigned project tasks and deliverables across multiple disciplines, enabling a development process that met product benchmarks and deadlines.

• Created award winning designs for packaging of electro-mechanical components by using advanced surfacing CAD techniques in Pro/E to create 3D models that matched industrial design intent. • Designed parts with stamped sheet metal, injection molded plastics, thermoforming, and metal casting to meet customer needs and cost targets.

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

• Brainstormed and created Pro/E and working prototype models of printer functionality that proved design viability before completion of final design. • Tested new designs to assure compliance with standard life cycles under full range of stacked tolerances, using DOE and Shainin techniques to accomplish thorough testing and failure analysis.• Worked with buyers, quality & manufacturing engineers to ensure low cost, manufacturable part design.• Used Design for Manufacturability techniques to ensure designs were robust and easily manufactured.• Developed flow charts and diagrams and met with design review teams to work out system interfaces, resulting in sub-assemblies that meshed together without problems. Documented the process in written design reports and presentations for design reviews with management and manufacturing. • Worked with EMC/EMI and Vibration test engineers to ensure designs were compliant with regulations and would not be adversely affected by harsh overseas shipping conditions.• Worked with overseas engineers on manufacturability and design issues, resulting in clear, robust assembly procedures in place before production ramp. Ink Research and Development Intern Contract from August 2003– April 2004• Collaborated with Chemical Engineers and utilized in-house model shop to design fixtures for testing physical properties of new solid inks. • Developed tests to directly compare ink performance characteristics in a quantifiable manner.

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Graduate Study, Mechanical Engineering

High School