Experience

Verily

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Staff Hardware Engineer

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  South San Francisco, CA I design and build electromechanical proof-of-concept and prototype devices that make healthcare less expensive and more effective. I'm responsible for creating new product concepts, testing, refinement, staffing a full product team and transfer of the project to the new team. This process often involves working with healthcare partners to determine what products would be quickest-to-market and most effective. I spend 80% of my time in the lab doing hands-on work with SolidWorks, KiCad,… Show more I design and build electromechanical proof-of-concept and prototype devices that make healthcare less expensive and more effective. I'm responsible for creating new product concepts, testing, refinement, staffing a full product team and transfer of the project to the new team. This process often involves working with healthcare partners to determine what products would be quickest-to-market and most effective. I spend 80% of my time in the lab doing hands-on work with SolidWorks, KiCad, PCB population and bringup, writing firmware (C), and creating demo Android apps (Java).

• Staff Hardware Engineer

  • May 2014 - Nov 2016

  Mountain View, CA I design and build electromechanical proof-of-concept and prototype devices that make healthcare less expensive and more effective.



Applied Science Videos

• Entertainment Providers

• Host and creator

  • Jan 2011 - Present

  I host and create educational videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bkraz333 The channel reached 750,000 subscribers in November 2021



Google

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Hardware Engineer

  • May 2014 - Sep 2015

  Mountain View, CA I design and build electromechanical proof-of-concept and prototype devices that make healthcare less expensive and more effective.



Valve corporation

• United States
• Computer Games
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Hardware Engineer

  • Oct 2011 - Apr 2014

  Bellevue, WA I helped create Valve's hardware division in late 2011. Valve was a software-only gaming company and sought expertise to launch a new venture in hardware. My responsibilities have included hiring, purchasing, choosing projects, budgeting, as well as hands-on work such machine tool operation, CNC programming, 3D modeling, circuit design, sensor integration and prototype design. My primary day-to-day work involves quickly building prototypes of consumer electronic devices using my skills as an… Show more I helped create Valve's hardware division in late 2011. Valve was a software-only gaming company and sought expertise to launch a new venture in hardware. My responsibilities have included hiring, purchasing, choosing projects, budgeting, as well as hands-on work such machine tool operation, CNC programming, 3D modeling, circuit design, sensor integration and prototype design. My primary day-to-day work involves quickly building prototypes of consumer electronic devices using my skills as an electrical and mechanical engineer. I am very hands-on and prefer to iterate quickly on a design by building and testing in a short cycle. Show less



Mag Design and Engineering

• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

• Founder

  • Mar 2003 - Jan 2012

  Sunnyvalve, CA My business created prototypes and small production runs of MRI-compatible computer peripherals. These devices are used by brain researchers to allow human subjects to interact with a computer program while having their brains scanned by the MRI machine. I performed all duties necessary to run the business: accounting, marketing, electronic design, machining, CNC programming, customer relations, business development, optical engineering, research, testing and support, etc.



Accelere Inc

• Systems Administrator

  • 2005 - 2009

  Redwood City, CA I provided networking and systems support for servers and workstations at a software startup. I also wrote Oracle stored procedures, and provided DB administrative support. I coded Java to aid developers in constructing a web application's backend features.



UCSB Daily Nexus

• Science Editor

  • Nov 2003 - Jun 2005

  University of California - Santa Barbara I performed daily newspaper reporting, editing, layout and photography for coverage of science and technology events at UCSB. I also highlighted research activities at UCSB and encouraged the Nexus readership to become more interested in science. I had the opportunity to interview David Gross, who won a Nobel Prize while at UCSB. http://dailynexus.com/author/ben-krasnow/



Stanford University School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant / Software Developer

  • Jun 2000 - Sep 2002

  Stanford, CA I provided networking and systems support for the Stanford Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory. This included Linux administration, networked file storage, backup systems, security, and file management. I also wrote shell scripts to help users with specific file management and data processing tasks. I wrote MATLAB scripts for data analysis, and wrote academic publications after collecting data myself via the MRI facilities at Stanford's Lucas Center.