# Eric Wei > Sr. Manager of Product Design at Samsara Location: Stanford, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ericwei 10+ Years experience of Mechanical design work with deep electrical engineering knowledge leading to multiple successful shipment & deployment of tightly integrated electronic systems. Managed and led teams to work on multiple platforms simultaneously. Wide breadth of industry experience working in Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Power Electronics, Infrastructure, and AI Hardware industries. ## Work Experience ### Sr. Manager Product Design @ Samsara Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States ### Director of HW Engineering @ Cavnue Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Mountain View, California, United States Led team of Mechanical, Electrical, Optics, and Reliability Engineers to develop AI HW and Sensors for roadways ### Lead Mechanical Engineer @ Cavnue Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, California, United States Manage and lead team of engineers working on custom AI hardware and sensors for future roadway infrastructure ### Mechanical Engineering Manager, AV Compute @ Nuro Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Mountain View, California Designed, Built, and Delivered 2 generations of AV HW Compute Managed and led team of mechanical engineers working on next generation AI Hardware for Autonomous Vehicles ### Mechanical Engineer @ Nuro Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Mountain View, California ### Staff Mechanical Design Engineer @ ChargePoint Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Campbell, California Lead Mechanical Engineer for 32.5 kW EV DC Fast Charging Module ### Systems Engineer @ empath Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Burlingame, CA Mechatronics Systems Architecture and Lead Mechanical Design of a consumer electronics, robotics platform for children and their families. ### Product Design Engineer @ Amazon Lab126 Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Cupertino, CA • Collaborated and managed multiple ODM/JDM partners with multiple manufacturing build trips in China • Designed mechanical portion of PCB and Flexible PCB assemblies for sub-assembly (audio, antenna) connection to the main board of the Kindle Fire HDX with different connector types (Wire Harness, Spring Contact, Flex Connection) • Designed speaker housings including locating mechanisms and assembly procedures for the Kindle Fire HDX • Designed consumer facing, cosmetic part for the Kindle Fire HDX to meet the device gap and step specifications of the Industrial Design team • Performed mechanical/electrical debugging and root cause analysis of audio sub-system to determine and resolve assembly issues on the factory line in China • Wrote automation scripts in Pro/E using the Pro/Web.Link API with JavaScript to automate tedious tasks relating to 2D drawings ### Product Design Engineering Intern @ Lab126 Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Cupertino, CA • Managed a Chinese vendor to design and produce a power cord retainer to be used for charging new products (E-Reader/Tablet) for retail displays • Conducted failure analyses on new products to determine and mitigate manufacturing issues that arose during production ### Battery Technology Co-Op @ Tesla Motors Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Palo Alto, CA • Designed LabView Virtual Instruments to communicate to thermal controllers used in test ovens and chillers for thermal cycling Tesla Roadster and Tesla Model S battery packs. • Developed MATLAB scripts to post-process and analyze recorded thermal data of thermally cycled battery packs • Diagnosed and solved refrigeration system issues involving malfunctioning compressors and solenoid valves in test chillers for battery packs. ### Ride Mechanical Engineering Intern @ Walt Disney Imagineering Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Glendale, CA • Conducted testing of fasteners using the Skidmore-Wilhelm device and statistical analysis of collected data to develop a torque and tension relationship for bolts of varying diameters and lubrication. • Collaborated in the revision of Walt Disney Imagineering’s internal standard for the safe use of fasteners in Disney theme parks worldwide. • Developed engineering drawings of new ride vehicles in AutoCAD while maintaining the creative team’s original design intent. • Designed engineering visualization studies in SolidWorks to demonstrate proof of concept for a new theme park attraction at Shanghai Disneyland ### Value Engineering Intern @ Beckman Coulter Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 | Brea, California • Redesigned vacuum-formed plastic parts into injection molded parts using SolidWorks and created over $75,000 in annual cost savings. • Minimized deflection and temperature gradient differences of plastic parts through Finite Element Analysis (FEA) in CosmosWorks and subsequent design changes. • Designed a replacement sheet metal encasing for a thermal-electric cooler driver board and its assembly onto a currently manufactured product line. • Devised hardware and system tests for a comparative analysis of a vendor change for hydraulic solenoid valves. • Coordinated design failure and effects analysis amongst development, manufacturing, field service, and quality assurance engineers for changes to clinical chemistry systems. ## Education ### Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Concentration: Mechatronics) Stanford University ### Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Economics University of California, Berkeley ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ejwei - Portfolio: http://chalkjet.weebly.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/ericwei JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ericwei/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13