# Farid Javidpour > Principal Product & Process Development Engineer at Alcon Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/faridjavidpour PhD of mechanical engineering, experienced in medical and automotive industries, knowledgeable in optics and mechatronics, interested in technical leading positions in the medical device development or precision design, manufacturing and metrology, statistics, and data analysis related to optics, renewable energy or semiconductor industries. ## Work Experience ### Principal Product and Process Development Engineer @ Alcon Jan 2021 – Present | Belmont, California, United States ### Sr. Process Development Engineer @ Confluent Medical Technologies Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Fremont, California ### Graduate Research Assistant @ University of North Carolina at Charlotte Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | CPM (Center for Precision Metrology) at UNC Charlotte Training students for using coordinate metrology instruments In charge of instruments at the large-scale metrology lab. Three research projects have been done for the CPM, they were mostly about part profile measurement, large-scale metrology and point cloud registration ### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ University of North Carolina at Charlotte Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | UNC Charlotte Basic Electronics Lab of Mechanical Engineering Dept. ### Lecturer @ Kar University of Qazvin Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Qazvin, Iran Courses: CAD-CAM; Production Machine Tools; Design of Forge, Press, Plastic dies and Jig & Fixtures; Technical English and Design of Machine Elements ### Lecturer @ Islamic Azad University (IAU)- دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Takestan & Saveh, Iran Courses: CAD-CAM; Universal Machine Tools; Metrology and Measuring Systems ### Product Design Expert @ SAPCO (Supplying Automotive Parts Company) Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 | Tehran, Iran Design and quality control of power steering systems ## Education ### Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering- Precision Metrology University of North Carolina at Charlotte ### Master of Science (MS) in Mechanical Engineering/ Manufacturing & Production Tarbiat Modares University ### Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering- Manufacturing & Production University of Tabriz ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/farid-javidpour-119a62a3 --- Source: https://flows.cv/faridjavidpour JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/faridjavidpour/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13