Turn ambiguous customer and system needs into requirements and architecture.
ROBOTICS • VEHICLES • HARDWARE
I build machinesthat work in the real world.
Mechanical engineer with 13+ years taking difficult robotics, vehicle, and industrial hardware from ambiguous requirements through analysis, suppliers, testing, and production.
Explore the work ↓Concept artRobotic end-effector inspired by real mechanism work.
SELECTED WORK
Built across robotics, autonomy, and manufacturing.
13+years in hardware
3issued U.S. patents
4robotics / vehicle companies
Fullconcept → production lifecycle
01 / CURRENT
High-load warehouse robotics.
Mytra · Mechanical Design Engineer · 2024–Present
Mechanical ownership of load-bearing robot and structural subsystems: architecture, FEA, supplier DFM, tooling and manufacturing development, physical validation, and field problem solving.
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PUBLIC PRODUCT IMAGERYHigh-level experience only; no internal CAD, test data, costs, or supplier details.
REAL PRODUCT CONTEXTMechanisms, actuator selection, quick-change interfaces, washdown, safety, and production.
02 / ROBOTICS
Mechanisms for messy, human environments.
Chef Robotics · Senior → Staff Mechanical Engineer · 2021–2024
Owned mechanical development from early prototypes through customer deployment: washdown-capable structures, end-effectors, actuator trade studies, precision quick-change interfaces, safety validation, suppliers, and production systems.
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Building vehicles before the vehicle existed.
Zoox · Mechanical Engineer · 2017–2021
Designed hardware for autonomous test vehicles: sensor integration, precision CNC mounts, weather-resistant camera enclosures, manufacturing aids, and durability and vehicle test equipment.
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Automation on the factory floor.
Del West · Mechanical Engineer · 2013–2017
Failure analysis, FEA, manufacturing equipment, and robotic automation — including integration of a collaborative robot, conveyor, pneumatic tooling, CNC equipment, and machine controls.
HOW I ENGINEER
From requirements to field learning.
Package systems, define interfaces, control tolerances, and expose tradeoffs.
Use FEA and first-principles reasoning to attack high-risk assumptions.
Prototype early and use physical hardware to collapse uncertainty.
Design tests that answer decisions and correlate models with reality.
Drive DFM/DFA, tooling, suppliers, serviceability, and field feedback.
LET'S BUILD SOMETHING DIFFICULT