# Abi Chandra

> Mech. product design

Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/abichandra

Aiming to make urban electric flight possible.

## Work Experience
### HV Mech. Engineer @ Lucid Motors
Jan 2024 – Present

### Product Development Engineer @ Apple
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | California, United States

### Mechanical Engineer @ Vital Bio
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

### CEO & Co-Founder @ Watfly
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Velocity

### Research Robotics - Mechanical Engineer @ Clearpath Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
Worked as part of the Research robotics platform team.  
Digitized outdated tooling for foam components, and introduced 3D printed production tools. 
Designed and built a low budget motor load test set-up and vetted motors for an indoor mobile robotics platform.

### Cockpit Engineering Intern @ Tesla
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | California
Part of dashboard design team responsible for Model 3's simplistic instrument panel. Initiated design for transitioning to an integrated airbag deployment system. Tackled various NVH and production related issues while ramping to full volume.

### Mobile Robotics Design @ Clearpath Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Kitchener, Ontario
Involved in continuous improvement of the OTTO 100 industrial robotics platform
Worked on revising sand cast frame to reduce part count and increase production output

### Product Technologies Intern @ Tesla
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Palo Alto, California
Cross functional materials and production R&D team.
Worked on composite Model 3 wheel rims. Successfully characterized various methods of light weighting injection molded components at the production level. Analyzed various material and production processes for the Model 3 interior panels, to meet engineering specs, and fulfill studio demands.

### Composites and Chassis Lead @ Formula Motorsports, University of Waterloo
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | 200 University Ave, Waterloo ON
Worked to iteratively build a better formula style race car each year.
In charge of chassis design and manufacturing. Significant experience with structural composites design, analysis and testing.

### Mechanical Design Intern @ Prodomax Automation Ltd.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | 455 Welham Road, Barrie, ON L4N 8Z2
Designed complete fixture assemblies for automotive component assembly lines.
Integrated electrical sensors, actuators, and six axis robots to automate assembly processes.

### Weld Engineering Co-op @ CenterLine (Windsor) Limited
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | 415 Morton Dr, Windsor, ON N9J 3T8
Performed finite element analysis to establish compliance guidelines for projection welding equipment.
Implemented new procedures for etching aluminum MIG weld samples to reduce etch times.
Conducted numerous weld studies to establish weld schedules for automotive production parts.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
University of Waterloo
Jan 2013 – Jan 2021


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abinesh-chandra

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Last updated: 2026-04-07