# Andy Lauder

> Product Design / Mechanical Engineering

Location: Oakland, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/andylauder

Product Design / Mechanical Engineer with 30 years of experience in consumer electronics and medical device industries. Including 11 years at Apple and 15 years in consultancy roles. 

Technical expertise in solving mechanical and system engineering problems. Metal and Plastic part design and fabrication processes, Soft Goods, Displays, PCB Layout and Flex circuits, and Magnetic systems. Process control. All aspects of approvals and manufacturing design. Testing for EMC, ESD, and Antenna Design. Thermal, Reliability, Quality, Tolerance Analysis, Metrology, Ergonomics. CAD software. Pro-E, UG-NX and Solidworks. Keyshot Rendering. Industrial Design.

Creative vision and problem-solving. Leadership, and drive of technical issues needed to bring a concept to the market. Experience planning development budgets and schedules. Mitigating development and product risks, developing IP. Building effective teams.

## Work Experience
### Product Design Engineering Manager @ SirenOpt
Jan 2025 – Present | Oakland, California, United States
Managing a small team of mechanical engineers and contractors.  Providing design direction.  Ensuring the product we ship is on schedule, reliable, high quality, meets customer requirements.  Continuing to do Mechanical engineering and CAD on a daily basis.

### Staff Mechanical Engineer @ SirenOpt
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Alameda County, California, United States
Staff Mechanical Engineer /  Product Designer for SirenOpt inline and off-line materials characterization and classification tools utilizing Cold Atmospheric Plasma.

### Product Design Consultant @ Living Optics
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

### Product Design Consultant @ Ledger
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Product Design of Ledger STAX

### Director / Owner @ Product Design Foundry
Jan 2015 – Jan 2024
Product Design

### Product Design Consultant @ Adaptix Ltd
Jan 2018 – Jan 2023 | Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Design consulting for multiple X-ray Medical and Industrial products

### Product Design Consultant @ Oxford Product Design Ltd
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | Oxford
Product Design Consultant.

### Product Design Manager, iPad and Mac Accessories @ Apple Inc.
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012
Managed a team of engineers to design iPad accessories including Smart Cover. As part of the iPad team we work on system integration of our accessories to provide a family of products that enhance the iPad experience.

### Product Design Manager, Mac accessories @ Apple Inc.
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010
As product design manager I directed a team of mechanical engineers in the detail design of Mac accessories.  Projects included Magic Mouse, Magic Track Pad, Remote, Keyboard and stand alone displays.

### Product Design Lead @ Apple Inc.
Jan 2001 – Jan 2008
As product design lead I directed a team of mechanical engineers in the detail design of Apple iMac computers. Including architecture planing, part design, thermal desing, EMC enclosure design, design for manufacturing.  I was the point of contact for the core team of industrial design, system hardware, software, quality teams and the contract manufacturers.

### Product Design Engineer @ Bridge Design Inc
Jan 1998 – Jan 2001
Design consultant for consumer electronic and medical products.

### Product Design Engineer @ Psion Computer plc
Jan 1995 – Jan 1998
Designer for Personal Digital Assistants.


## Education
### BEng in Product Design Engineering
University of Glasgow

### Richmond Upon Thames College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/andylauder

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Last updated: 2026-04-13