Hello, I'm Alex!
I am a mechanical engineering student at the University of Waterloo, currently in my second year of study for the Winter 2024 Term. I am fascinated by all facets of mechanical design from CAD to manufacturing processes. I am always looking forward towards learning and gaining more exposure to mechanical design.

What I'm up to
I am currently working on a project to learn more about CNC design and learning more about mold flow simulations.

Experience

  • Tesla

    Mechanical Design Engineering Intern

      SUMMER 2024 - Occupant Safety Systems, Seatbelts

  • Tesla

    Mechanical Design Engineering Intern [September 2023 - December 2023]

      Worked under the Interiors Validation team, supporting the validation and launch of Interior trim components.

  • University of Waterloo Formula Motorsports

    Chassis Member [May 2023 - Present]

    • Designed jigs for chassis frame, powertrain tabs, and differential tabs that were utilized for the manufacturing of the 2023 competition vehicle
    • Utilized lathes and milling machines to manufacture jigs for the chassis and powertrain subteams
    • Worked on the design and validation of the accumulator mounts for the 2024 UWFE vehicle

  • Skygauge Robotics

    Engineering Intern [January 2023 - May 2023]

    • Designed and developed a new packaging system for Q2 drones using SolidWorks, leading to a new packaging system to be deployed across over 10 new drones resulting in 80% decrease in packaging times
    • Developed a drone dashboard with frontend stack (HTML/CSS/JS) to parse backend fleet data of drones and utilize Nginx and Flask to host the web interface
    • Oversaw the validation and certification processes (developing QI and QC procedures and hardware testing) for flight embedded hardware of the drone which lead to an increase of 200% in drone production and 70% yield in recommissioned hardware
    • Performed regression tests to maintain new software releases to rigorously ensure flight critical performance resulting in over 50 update releases for drones, ground control, and hardware
    • Conducted root cause analysis of a hardware failure that resulted in the entire fleet of drones to be grounded and implemented a plan to unground over 10 drones

  • University of Waterloo Formula Motorsports

    Powertrain and Chassis Member [September 2022 - December 2022]

    • Designed jigs for chassis frame, powertrain tabs, and differential tabs that were utilized for the manufacturing of the 2023 competition vehicle
    • Utilized lathes and milling machines to manufacture jigs for the chassis and powertrain subteams

  • First Robotics Competition - Team 1325

    General Member [September 2019 - August 2021]

    • Prepared part drawings of sheet metals in Solidworks that were sent to the manufacturer for fabrication
    • Machined various subassemblies through using various tools to successfully manufacture parts (including bandsaw, drill press, jigsaw, belt-sander, sheet bender, and etc.)
    • Designed drivetrain systems and designing custom gearboxes after configuring gear ratios for targeted speed
    • Implemented parametric sketch design and multibody functionality through Solidworks

Skills

  • Programming

    • Python
    • MATLAB
    • C
    • HTML
    • CSS
    • Java

  • CAD

    • Catia V5/V6
    • Solidworks
    • Inventor
    • AutoCAD