# Cedar Farwell

> Staff Product Design Engineer, R&D @ Cytovale | Mechanical Engineering

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/cedar

Mechanical/product design engineer 🔧 building high-precision technical devices from prototype to production 🚀. I’ve led system architecture across optics, thermal, motion, and pneumatics. Core contributor to 3 FDA-cleared (510(k)) devices (4th in progress). Hands-on with design development from concept to production, CM ramp , V&V, and Python/MATLAB automation.

Lately, experimenting with automating engineering work with AI 🤖

## Work Experience
### Staff Product Design Engineer, R&D @ Cytovale
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Product Design Engineer @ Cytovale
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Verification Engineer II @ Cytovale
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Mechanical Engineer, R&D @ DoseOptics LLC
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021
Developed and scaled an in-vivo imaging system for real-time radiation dose visualization, spanning optical/mechanical design, sensing, and signal analysis. Owned DFM and contract manufacturing ramp to clinical deployments across multiple hospital systems.

### Research Engineer @ DoseOptics LLC
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
Executed hardware, firmware, and IEC 60601 safety testing leveraged in two successful 510(k)s. Worked hands-on across test planning, troubleshooting, and verification evidence generation.

### Mechanical Engineer @ US Army Corps of Engineers
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
Developed snow sensor-based 3D mapping hardware applying electrical impedance tomography.

### Mechanical Engineering Intern, R&D @ Clairways
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
Wearable AI stethoscope development and testing.

### Mechanical Engineer Coop @ MVP Robotics, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
Worked on development of robotic system, integrating sensors, actuators, and controls. Core technologies were later leveraged in a $226M Navy contract awarded in 2024.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Mechanical Engineering
Dartmouth College

### Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/cedarf
- Portfolio: https://www.cedarfarwell.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-29