Nick J. Email & Phone Number

Santa Barbara, Ca, Us

- Hardware engineering leader responsible for new product while managing schedule, cost, and making technical decisions on product trade offs while also communicating status and risk to Sonos Executive Leadership- Leading platform (SoC, Radio) selection and system architecture strategy by gathering requirements, meeting with suppliers, and negotiating with internal stakeholders to manage cost, strategy, and performance tradeoffs - Working with Product Management, Operations, System Software, etc. while acting as the primary technical interface both within Sonos NPI and to contract manufacturers - Identifying and prioritizing most critical program risks to maintain product schedule and feature scope- Full ownership of accessory business cases and product briefs, also supporting PRD development

Santa Barbara, Ca, Us

- Served as Mechanical Engineering Tech Lead on the Sonos Era 300 for multiple builds leading up to PVT- Responsible for mechanical architecture and system-level datum structure on the Era 300- Owned the design of the acoustic enclosure subassembly and rear grille subassembly for the Era 300 from ideation to mass production- Listed as an inventor on two pending non-published patent applications- Manager for co-ops and interns

Santa Barbara, Ca, Us

- Developed a business case using sales and customer data to justify a new home theater experience; estimated to add $20M in incremental revenue and a 2% increase in sales for a product line- Analyzed RMA data and customer reviews to justify PRD changes to lower return rate by an estimated 40% for a product by improving charging experience; resulted in prioritization and resourcing to improve the experience

Santa Barbara, Ca, Us

- Owned the design of several parts on the Sonos Roam and Wireless Charger- Experience designing plastic and rubber parts for high volume mass production on a cross-functional product design team using Siemens NX - Drove DFM for injection molded plastic parts with overseas vendors- Incorporated tolerance analyses and GD&T to part design and reviewed FAI/CPK reports- Performed FEA (Ansys Static Structural, LS DYNA) to validate part and system-level design under static and dynamic loading conditions- Prepared and delivered instrumented accelerometer setup, data acquisition, and post-processing to validate FEA models and design requirements

Cupertino, California, Us

Santa Barbara, Ca, Us

- Produced drop test procedures for first portable Sonos speaker (Sonos Move): designed and validated fixtures, accelerometer and DAQ setup, high speed video, and data post processing

Santa Barbara, Ca, Us

- Designed and built prototypes for acoustic, UX, RF testing for PD downselect (Sonos Beam)- Characterized and validated components for product refresh (Sonos One)

Arlington, Va, Us

- Supported tooling engineers by designing parts for integration into dewars and focal plane arrays. - Created assemblies and drawings for manufacturing release- Applied GD&T principles to part design and tolerance analyses

El Segundo, California, Us

Intern for leading global manufacturer of endoscopes, medical instruments, and devices. Shadowed and assisted lead engineers and gained broad exposure to product development engineering. Ran Objet printer and coordinated prints for engineers.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

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