# Jennifer Lin > Product Designer @ MNTN Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jenniferlin A "pleasure to have in class," according to 13 years' worth of report cards. Crafting delightful digital products, drawing from 8+ years in hardware design and startup environments. Bringing holistic product thinking and cross-functional collaboration to every project. Also, incredibly treat motivated. ## Work Experience ### Product Designer @ MNTN Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States ### UX/UI Design Contractor @ Various Companies & Startups Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States - Designing mobile onboarding flows incorporating AI - Decluttering UI to reduce information overload on visual checkout pages - Incorporating design systems to existing wireframes and user flows - Conducting usability audits to current designs ### Hardware Product Design Engineer @ Samsara, Inc Jan 2017 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States Hardware Onboarding UX - Aligned hardware and digital teams to improve dash cam setup and standardize LED behavior across platforms - Drove installation content unification effort to reduce customer friction and ease internal workflows for support, hardware, and marketing teams Hardware Design - Shipped and lead Mechanical Engineer for: Vehicle Gateway (VG54), Environmental Monitor (EM31), Cargo Monitor (CRGO), Port Expander, Panic Button, 15+ diagnostics cables - Responsible for Hardware UX/Design from conception through mass production, including: device architecture, competitor analysis, industrial design, rapid prototyping, DFM, reliability testing, cable design, install guides, and packaging - Optimized product architecture, BOM costs, and assembly time through overseas vendor management and cross-functional collaboration with Product Management, Supply Chain, Firmware and Electrical teams - Invented modular cable connector for heavy-duty vehicle cable, consolidating 4 product SKUs to decrease customer exchanges - Invented device with external rotating connector interface (Patent 11,974,410) ### Mechanical Engineer @ Prynt Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, CA - Designed Prynt Pocket smartphone printer on Solidworks, optimized for product adaptability to all iPhone sizes with or without thin phone cases - Collaborated with and created CAD files/technical drawings for tooling vendors in China to fine tune 30+ plastic and metal components for mass production of Prynt Pocket - Modeled and rapid prototyped 4 different concepts for Prynt Pocket after conducting market research on popular consumer products - Identified 3 cost reduction solutions for Prynt Case (1st gen.) by eliminating 9 tooled components and subsequent assembly steps - Made 3D renderings on KeyShot and worked on illustrations for packaging ### Mechanical Engineering/Prototyping Contractor @ Alpine Labs LLC Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco, CA - Prototyped "looks-like" model of Pulse, a time-lapse device, for use in Kickstarter campaign that raised over 1 million dollars - Developed and tested 10+ laser-cut acrylic layouts of LEDs for uniform light distribution in Pulse ### Fusion 360 Advocate Intern @ Autodesk Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Urbana, IL + San Francisco, CA - Created wide range of CAD models on Autodesk Fusion 360 and shared via Autodesk Gallery - Reverse engineered/assembled machines to understand mechanisms - Advocated Fusion 360 to students at the University of Illinois & to startups at Lemnos Labs - Used social media to spread Fusion 360 beyond the scope of personal networks ### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Urbana, IL - Established consistent protocol of and formulated 10+ types of materials expected to exhibit non-Newtonian fluid phenomena - Tested materials on a rheometer to analyze yield stress behavior of emulsions and polymer gels - Researched and created common food items that display non-Newtonian behavior ### Rapid Prototyping Lab Super-user @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Urbana, IL - Maintained and operated 3 rapid prototyping machines: Stereo Lithography Apparatus, Objet, Fused Deposition Modeling - Discussed engineering design issues with customers for optimal prototyped parts ## Education ### UX Academy in (UX/UI Research, Design, Prototyping, Testing) Designlab ### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Mechanical Engineering University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jennifer2lin - Portfolio: http://www.jennifer2lin.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/jenniferlin JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jenniferlin/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13