Work
Grouped by where the work happened, most recent first.
Hardware Direction and AI Tools
Coached hardware teams on design principles and roadmaps, and used AI to build internal tools, including a custom PLM, instead of buying software.
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Robotic Products
A 4-axis robotic arm that lets firefighters aim the stream by joystick or wireless pendant, across two products from 350 to 1,250 GPM.
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Smart Flow Sensor
A flow + pressure sensor designed, tested and launched in 3 months, with ±2% accuracy, USB-C battery, LCD, LTE and GPS in a handheld form factor.
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System Integration Lead
Built the ME/EE team behind 1.5 kV interconnects, electronics and grid interfaces, launched three pack iterations, and led the 8D investigation into a field hydrogen event.
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Battery Pack Architecture
Architectural studies for the world’s first iron-air battery packs in a 40-foot container, covering costs, deployment time, sensor integration and grid auxiliary loads.
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Anode Manufacturing Ramp
Took the iron-air anode powder line from R&D lab volume to initial production, boosting throughput 10× in five months.
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Patented press-fit
A design to replace fasteners for joining the PCBA to the heatsink, cutting cycle time, PCBA real estate and cost.
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PCS2: Bidirectional on-board charger for vehicle-to-grid
11.5 kW bidirectional on-board charger with 800 V / 48 V DC-DC for vehicle-to-grid, shipped in Cybertruck.
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Semi Truck HV-DCDC
A 1000 V to 400 V conversion system feeding the Semi’s thermal and pneumatic compressors, from prototype to die casting.
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Model 3 PCS1 cost-down
$100M/year in savings, a 30% cost reduction on Tesla’s on-board charger, moving the architecture from 48A to 32A.
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Model 3 PCS1 reliability
Validation and reliability testing for the Model 3 on-board charger and DC-DC, lifting fleet-wide quality from 70% to over 97%.
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Automated power electronics burn-in testers
End-to-end design and deployment of automated burn-in and functional test equipment, scaling capacity from 15k to 100k units a year.
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