# David Kalinowski

> Building HW @ Sesame

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/davidkalinowski

Obsessed with creating beautiful and useful things.

## Work Experience
### Glasses Program Lead @ Sesame
Jan 2024 – Present | United States
Building eyewear you'll love to wear all day.

### Head of Hardware & Operations @ Opal Camera
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States
Built the team that delivered the Opal Tadpole. A web camera built just for laptops and tablets. Size of an iPod Shuffle clip on. High-end image quality. Directional mic. Touch to mute. 

www.opalcamera.com/opal-tadpole

### Product Design Lead, Pixel watch @ Google
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Mountain View, California, United States
Pixel Watch 1
Pixel Watch 3
Development of novel health sensing technologies
Technical leader for a dozen multi-discipline engineers/scientists

### Product Design Lead, wearable @ Facebook
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
PD lead for a dozen PD engineers on an unreleased project that went from prototype to final XVT stages.

### Product Design Lead, AR @ Apple
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
Technical lead for unreleased product - new category device for Apple. In charge of product architecture, cross functional negotiation, hiring, and mentorship for a group of >10 mechanical engineers. 

More than 40 patents filed during my tenure.

### Sr. Product Design Engineer, AR @ Apple
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | California
Mechanical engineer #1 on a new product category device for Apple.

### Product Design Lead, R1 drone @ Skydio
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Redwood City, CA
HW employee #3. Employee #16.  Started in a house out of Atherton, CA. Left after 50+ employees and a revolutionary gen. 1 product: R1.

Created the gen. 1 gimbal system (4K camera on 2-axis motorized & cantilever system w/ patent issued) & battery module with innovative flexible thermal management.

### Sr. Mech. Engineer, Autopilot HW (model 3) @ Tesla
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Palo Alto, CA
Mechanical lead for Model 3 display & human interface devices (haptic/force-sensing/touch - e.g. steering controls). 

Heavy efforts in recruiting and mentoring to grow autopilot & infotainment mechanical engineering team.

### Mech. Engineer, infotainment HW             (model S/X) @ Tesla
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Palo Alto, CA
Model S (cost-down) and Model X (full life cycle).

Designed multiple electro-mechanical assemblies in mass-production. Some of the keywords to describe this work: audio, camera, ultrasonic sensors, antennas, cameras, PCBAs/FPCAs, thermal management, EMC, etc.

### Global Supply Chain manager, Infotainment (model S) @ Tesla
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Palo Alto, CA
Negotiated pricing and contracts with suppliers on a global scale. Evaluating supplier manufacturing sites and capabilities. Procured components for Model S. Actively seeking and implementing cost reduction of current components. Coordinating with planning and production teams to ensure continuity of components supply to Tesla production line for Model S.

Commodities: amplifiers, antennas, speakers, FPCs, FFCs, radio tuners, TPMS, and LCD/capacitive touch screens.


## Education
### MS in Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

### BS in Engineering
Texas A&M University


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-25