# Jackson Zilles

> Mechanical Engineer @ Hatch | UC Berkeley Grad | Product Design and Development | jmzilles.com

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

I like building and improving things that people use

## Work Experience
### Mechanical Engineer @ Hatch
Jan 2025 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States

### Founder / President @ Surge Electric Motorcycles at Berkeley
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Berkeley, California, United States
Designing, building, and racing the next generation of electric motorcycles!

### Project Manager @ Engineering Solutions at Berkeley
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Berkeley, CA

### Vice President External Affairs @ Engineering Solutions at Berkeley
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Berkeley, California, United States

### Senior Engineer @ Engineering Solutions at Berkeley
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Berkeley, California, United States

### Mechanical Engineering Intern @ Tesla
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Fremont, California, United States
Redesigned internal tool, designing housing using CATIA and PCB in KiCad, optimizing for cost and ease of assembly; collaborated with suppliers resulting in an 82% cost down and a 90% assembly time decrease
Designed, prototyped, and presented to executives an industry-first mechanism for seat adjustability to increase performance capabilities, including pneumatic-controlled air cells and resistive switch control
Discovered, modified, and implemented a supplier part change creating an annual 5-figure cost savings

### Research and Development Intern @ Stryker
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Jose, California, United States
❖ Designed and prototyped a new multi-piece surgical device for use in multiple joint spaces, with all
pieces designed for injection molded manufacturing then rapid hand assembly and loading
❖ Iterated CAD models in Solidworks PDM, undergoing regular design reviews and iterations, resulting
in a completed CAD assembly and functional 3D printed prototypes used for testing
❖ Tested new and in-development products with various instruments (Keyence, Instron, force gauges)
❖ Designed test fixtures and created industry-standard reports of testing protocols and results

### Product Designer @ BEAR Adventure Vehicles
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Santa Paula, California, United States
❖ Created modular interior design pieces for pickup truck bed campers in Fusion 360 to standardize
layouts of base models and create a starting point for client customizations
❖ Created full-size augmented reality models to allow customers to visualize a camper before a build
❖ Collaborated with team members to improve design choices for cost and space limitations as well as
standardize parts for use in various models, minimizing labor hours for manufacturing

### Engineering Intern @ ARCH DAY DESIGN LLC
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Ventura, California, United States
-Worked with various additive manufacturing hardware and software to 3D print high quality prototypes for testing
-Improved design, manufacturing, testing, and collaboration skills


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jackson-zilles
- Portfolio: https://jmzilles.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13