Sam Kopp Email & Phone Number

Newark, California

• Design Responsible Engineer (DRE) for thermal system components and assemblies on the 2021 Motor Trend Car of The Year, the Lucid Air, including: coolant lines, molded plastic manifolds and assemblies, reservoirs.
• Develops and delivers concepts, detailed CAD models, and manage supplier progress from initial specification to design validation and completed production readiness process (PPAP) for series production parts.
• Solves implementation challenges at production facility in collaboration with manufacturing team as we push to launch and ramp up production of the Air sedan on a tight timeline.
• Owns design flaw resolution. Identifies root causes in cross-functional team. Applies lessons learned to process or hardware updates. Validates solutions on production representative vehicles. Implements changes and.
• Tests coolant system components on a flow bench to collect performance data which supports system level design.
• Develops progressive iterations of the heat pump system hardware to support laboratory and vehicle testing, culminating in released system design to be introduced on all Air variants.

Gardena, CA

Motor team Design Responsible Engineer (DRE) for drive unit components. Responsible for all aspects of component design and performance from first concepts through to supplier production process development and on vehicle validation.- DRE for 45+ components and assemblies for the drive unit: seals, oil filter, fluid transfer, venting, and thermal.

Hawthorne, CA

• Responsible for mechanism design from conceptual development through to CAD models, prototype/development model building, and testing to ensure that all internal and external customer standards are met or exceeded.
• Responsible Engineer for mechanism and structures design for Dragon 2 crew capsule.
• Designed, built, and tested development hardware for mechanisms.
• Executed concept trades in close collaboration with multidisciplinary team to achieve highly integrated product.
• Prepared and conducted successful design reviews with peers, internal design review team, and customers.

Corvallis, Oregon Area

• Team leadership, organization, and advisor for Formula SAE team with 45 undergraduate seniors completing their capstone design project and 50 lower classmen team members.
• Responsible for advising and designing mechanical components for electric powertrain
• Electric car team captain, responsible for managing team and following event regulations and documentation deadlines.
• Instructed technical English classes for German engineering students.Formula SAE Competitions Attended:2011 – *FSAE Michigan, FSAE California, FSUK, *FS Austria, *FS Germany2012 – *FSAE Michigan, *FS Austria, FS.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Society of Automotive Engineers (Formula SAE and Baja SAE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Coalition.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Society of Automotive Engineers (Formula SAE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, KBVR-FM College radio.

High School, Engineering