Experience

Bimotal

• United States
• Electrical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Mechanical Engineer

  • Aug 2022 - Present



Tesla

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2022

  Mechanical design for power electronics. Custom magnetic design. Stamped sheet metal, injection molded plastics, injection molding with sheet metal inserts. Extensive CAD work in CATIA. Heat transfer simulation in STAR-CCM+. CATIA structural FEA. Hands-on prototyping and testing. Managing contract manufacturers. Taking designs from initial concept through to production. Mechanical design for power electronics. Custom magnetic design. Stamped sheet metal, injection molded plastics, injection molding with sheet metal inserts. Extensive CAD work in CATIA. Heat transfer simulation in STAR-CCM+. CATIA structural FEA. Hands-on prototyping and testing. Managing contract manufacturers. Taking designs from initial concept through to production.



Design for Nanomanufacturing Lab, UC Berkeley

• Berkeley, CA

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Sep 2016 - May 2017

  Designed a biaxial loading mechanism, driven by 4 manual lead-screws, for the controlled strain of elastomeric research materials. Machined all custom parts for the loader and performed final assembly. Developed a MATLAB script to investigate designs for an efficient, low-temperature differential heat exchanger in tropical climates. Designed a biaxial loading mechanism, driven by 4 manual lead-screws, for the controlled strain of elastomeric research materials. Machined all custom parts for the loader and performed final assembly. Developed a MATLAB script to investigate designs for an efficient, low-temperature differential heat exchanger in tropical climates.



Berkeley Hyperloop

• United States
• Truck Transportation

• Levitation Subsystems Lead

  • 2015 - 2017

  Designed a passive magnetic levitation system for the team’s first prototype competition vehicle. Ran an exhaustive array of ANSYS Maxwell simulations of Halbach magnet arrays passing over a stationary electrically conductive track to predict lift and drag forces produced by eddy currents. Using the properties of commercially available permanent magnets, developed a model of the lift height-lift force-velocity relationship as well as the lift-drag ratio across a range velocities. Using that model, chose a total number of Halbach arrays needed to support total pod mass at a desired lift height. Designed the mechanical housing and structure for the arrays as well as the mounting interface to the pod structure. Machined a majority of the components for the subsystem. Led final subsystem assembly. Provided general design and manufacturing support as one of the team leads. Show less



Tesla

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Engineering Intern

  • May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Owned the design of 5 custom parts for the AC Powerwall DCAC inverter. Designed 2 formed aluminum busbars. Ran Ohmic heating simulations to characterize busbar thermal performance. Optimized busbar design by simulating several geometry/material combinations and performing cost comparisons. Designed 2 wire harnesses. Modeled complex harness geometries in CAD. Designed a formed sheet metal EMI shield, with compliant “snap” features that allow it to be easily installed onto the inverter’s DCDC transformers. Performed hands-on work for design prototyping and test bring-up. Show less



FRC Team 4619

• Huntington Beach, CA

• Founder, Mechanical Lead

  • 2012 - 2013

  Raised $6,500 to found an FRC team at my high school. Recruited local professional engineers for mentorship. Led the mechanical design of the team’s competition robot. Designed a Frisbee launcher and loader inspired by the working principles of a baseball pitching machine. Led machining, fabrication and assembly of many robot components. Led testing and maintenance of assembled robot. Acted as Team Captain at the San Diego FRC Regional. Raised $6,500 to found an FRC team at my high school. Recruited local professional engineers for mentorship. Led the mechanical design of the team’s competition robot. Designed a Frisbee launcher and loader inspired by the working principles of a baseball pitching machine. Led machining, fabrication and assembly of many robot components. Led testing and maintenance of assembled robot. Acted as Team Captain at the San Diego FRC Regional.