# Corey Redmond > Lead Mechanical Designer and CAD Ninja @ MP Space Location: Morgan Hill, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/coreyredmond "As stewards of the land, it is ours both to hold and enjoy today, and to preserve for the future." - unknown Specialties: electro-mechanical packaging & design; lithium-ion battery design; GD&T proficient; Root Cause & Corrective Analysis; Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt trained; Design-For-Manufacture; supplier development; optimization and cost reduction; product globalization. Strengths: hands-on and 80:20 approach to problem solving; metrics-driven decision making; high volume manufacturing; first-principles thinking ## Work Experience ### Lead Mechanical Designer @ MP Space Jan 2025 – Present | California, United States • Lead designer (CAD and analysis) of advanced spacecraft batteries. • Manage the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system for design data. • Conduct mechanical simulations to validate designs. • Specialist for part definition, specification and qualification. ### Owner @ Premier Principe Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 | Morgan Hill, California, United States ### Staff Mechanical Design Engineer (IC specialist role) @ Tesla Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Palo Alto, California, United States ...optimizing work-life balance given second job of being a dad whilst finding a way to deliver value to the core mission at Tesla.... Role: Technical subject-matter-expert (SME) for high-voltage battery sustaining engineering; executing design changes for DFx reasons; support local/global initiatives for product life-cycle sustainability; support PLM/CAD changes & optimizations. ### Manager of Mechanical Design Engineering @ Tesla Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Palo Alto, California, United States Ever improving, optimizing, simplifying, tidying, increasing, and strengthening our high-volume battery designs + teaching others to do the same. Building a global team of on-the ground design-experts to plug-in (pun intended) to the factories to foster a short feedback-loop, minimize latency and maximize efficacy of product & process solutions & improvements. ### Staff (Lead) Mechanical Design Engineer @ Tesla Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Palo Alto, CA Lead a team to drive post-launch design optimization, cost-down, and performance improvement efforts; maintain design ownership during production. Development, Design-for-Manufacture, and qualification of electro-mechanical components and sub-assemblies within the battery module team for automotive and energy products. Work collaboratively with Manufacturing, Process and Quality teams to launch and qualify new components, products and processes. ### Senior Mechanical Design Engineer @ Tesla Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Palo Alto, CA Development, Design-for-Manufacture, and qualification of electro-mechanical components and sub-assemblies within the battery module team for automotive and energy products. Validate scientific principles and proof-of-concept through hands-on experimentation. Work collaboratively with manufacturing and process teams to develop and specify component integration into assembly. • Redesigned an exceptionally unorthodox and innovative flexible printed circuit (FPC) to better marry DFM and DFA principles. • Developed fixturing and aided process development during Model 3 battery module pilot production phase. • Coached suppliers to understand GD&T principles and statistical truth-in-data. ### Climate Project Backer @ Wren Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | United States ### Project Engineer @ Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Towson, Maryland Global mature product ownership for our highest volume production battery pack. Drive synergy between Manufacturing, Compliance, Reliability, Sourcing, and Engineering teams. Deliver continuous improvement efforts, reliability and cost reduction efforts, lead design and process qualifications. Become the local Six Sigma Black Belt for the battery team and SME for quality sustainability. • On-site support for validation and qualification of semi-automated production lines globally, supporting massive platform organic growth opportunity while maintaining quality expectations. • Guide a global Resident Engineering to harmonize design-change, non-conformance response, and quality assurance efforts across multiple global plants. • Principle design engineer and project manager for a new electronics module to improve reliability, present cost reduction, and reducing warranty. • Audit and redefinition of engineering documentation and specifications based on a strong statistical analysis and Design For Manufacture (DFM) approach. ### Senior Engineer @ Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Towson, maryland Global mature-product responsibility for a high volume battery. Drive battery concept development projects and physical prototyping. Coordinate continuous improvement efforts, engineering and production qualifications, and solutions to production issues with internal and external suppliers. • Developed and presented a new battery concept leading to a patent-filing with the USPO • Created a new test method to evaluate conductive-contamination resistance of electronic modules • Became the resident expert for implementing and controlling conformal coating processes for battery pack electronic modules ### Mechanical Engineer @ SAFT America, Inc. Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Cockeysville, MD Develop new lithium-ion cell-level products; Support bringing new products to production; Mechanical testing and proof-of-concept. • Hands-on experience with pouch cell research and development. • Cell design for prismatic cell bussing and packaging. • Tool and fixture design for research and production applications. ### Mechanical Engineer/Technician @ CED Investigative Technologies, Inc. Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 | Annapolis, MD Provide test design and analysis to support scientific discovery in civil lawsuits and insurance claims; Test new tree-stand products for compliance to TMA standards. • Developed propeller-guard and boater reaction time tests and simulations. • Designed test equipment for tree-stand compliance testing. • Developed test apparatus for safe accident reconstruction. ### Team Leader @ Lead America Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 • Coached students in developing personal and professional qualities such as effective communication, proactive participation, and team management • Served as airport captain responsible for maintaining the safety and accountability of all students during arrival and departure days at major international airports • Educated students on leadership qualities and introduced the basic concepts of engineering through hands-on simulations and interactive lectures ### Mechanical Systems Intern @ UTC Power Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | South Windsor, CT • Performed root cause analysis of component failures by physical replication experimental test conditions • Supported balance of plant by communicating with outside vendors to locate appropriate component alternatives • Developed the test apparatus for verification testing of fluid process components in hydrogen fuel cell systems and geothermal power systems. ## Education ### Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ### Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering University of Maryland College Park ### Semester at Sea Spring 2008 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/coreyredmond --- Source: https://flows.cv/coreyredmond JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/coreyredmond/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13