# Daniel Youm > Tunables Engineer at Lucid Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/danielyoum Suspension lead at Formula UBC and ex-intern on Tesla Battery Engineering team. I'm driven by a deep passion for motorsports and automotive engineering, and I thrive on the challenges and innovations within this dynamic field. ## Work Experience ### Associate Chassis Engineer - Tunables @ Lucid Motors Jan 2024 – Present | Newark, California, United States Chassis Engineer owning and working on springs and dampers. ### Suspension Lead @ Formula UBC SAE Racing Team Jan 2019 – Jan 2024 | Vancouver, Canada Area • Leading the sub team of 8 to completely redesign the suspension system for the 2023 season. • Scored 100.1 points at FSAE Michigan Autocross compared to 62.4 from the previous year. • Developed a vehicle dynamics model in ADAMS to analyze vehicle response to staggered bump. • Characterized the high/low bump and rebound settings of the shock absorption with dynameter testing. • Created MATLAB scripts to process, visualize, and bin tire test data. • Utilized data to fit tire models and determine optimal tire choice to maximize grip and performance. • Increased front anti-rollbar stiffness by 40.1% and reduced front torsion level mass by 30.7% while maintaining rigidity and strength. • Developed a quarter car model to analyze wheel and chassis mass frequency response behavior with respects to spring rate and damping coefficient. ### Mechanical Design Engineer - Battery @ Tesla Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Sparks, Nevada, United States • Designed a new Push-In-Polymer seal geometry and performed hyper-elastic static simulations in ANSYS. • Designed injection molding plastic components to reduce ancillary assembly line rate by 63%. • Designed and fabricated foam installation templates for associates at the vehicle assembly line. • Created and implemented rework processes preventing weeks in manufacturing downtime. • Coordinated thicker busbar powder coating testing and implementation with Hi-Pot testing and microscopic measurements. • Assisted in the setup and testing of thermal testing on the battery pack. • Modeled prototype CAD assemblies for quick preliminary studies. ### Mechanical Product Designer @ Dometic Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Richmond, British Columbia, Canada • Engineered testing fixture and validated oil intake screens for gear packs. • Designed and operated 4 high pressure hydraulic systems for characterization of bearings life in high load electric actuators. • Revised feedback and locking system in electric steering helms by analysing material selection with respect to the stick-slip phenomenon. • Verified roller, caged ball, and full compliment ball bearing friction models by measuring frictional torque at determined loads and angular velocities. • Tested electric motor shaft cycle life under varying cantilevered load. ### Open Educational Resource Developer @ The University of British Columbia Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • Facilitated the adoption of open resource textbooks in university courses. • Developed dynamics problems and solutions to be implemented in the UBC MECH 2 and BC first year engineering curriculum. • Developed LaTeX, Github, WeBWork, and Perl skills • Worked independently from home while communicating with co-workers to manage and organize workloads efficiently. ## Education ### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Mechanical Engineering The University of British Columbia Jan 2018 – Jan 2024 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-youm --- Source: https://flows.cv/danielyoum JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/danielyoum/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-07