# Chris Lyke > Product Design Engineer at Apple Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/chrislyke ## Work Experience ### Product Design Engineer @ Apple Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Cupertino, California, United States ### Mechanical Design Engineer @ Enphase Energy Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Austin, Texas, United States ### Mechanical Engineering Consultant @ Aurora Insight Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 ### NASA BIG Idea Challenge Team Member @ NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 • Selected as 1 of 8 teams nationally for the final round of competition and awarded Best Technical Paper at BIG Idea forum in Jan. 2021 • Designed and built modular, self-reconfiguring rovers for exploring the lunar south pole • Design lead of robotic connector arm and computer vision subsystems enabling rovers to autonomously mate and form collaborative caravans ### Presidential Scholars Research Assistant @ Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Hanover, NH • Developed lightweight wheel design for solar-powered robots navigating Arctic terrain • Optimized wheel assemblies with FEA simulations and fabricated sheet metal prototypes ### Mechanical Engineering Intern @ Wisk Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Mountain View, CA • Redesigned injection-molded parts for the battery pack of electric vertical-takeoff aircraft • Performed tests to prevent thermal runaway in battery packs • Created new manual for battery charger with diagrams and assembly instructions ### Communication Intern @ Green Lake Association Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Oshkosh, Wisconsin Area • Created short videos promoting the conservation of Green Lake and its watershed • Wrote and directed feature video for gala fundraiser • Conducted video interviews with over 20 farmers, ecology experts and conservationists ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Engineering Sciences Dartmouth College ### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Mechanical Engineering Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth ### Engineering Exchange Program - Fall Semester DTU - Technical University of Denmark ### High School Diploma Ripon High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/chris-lyke --- Source: https://flows.cv/chrislyke JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/chrislyke/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29