# Jonathan Lung > Industrial Designer & Mechanical Engineer | Toy Industry | ex-IDEO · Google X · MythBusters Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jonathanlung If there’s an idea, I can build it. Simply put, I love building stuff. From constructing scrap metal catapults, to sewing plush mechanical arms or designing test rigs for road rage, no idea is ever too insane to tackle. I can design a chair for you to sit in or jump off a building to test a myth, and I’ll have fun doing it. For 15 years, I’ve been armed with tools to design, prototype and fabricate crazy experiments, and I’m always excited to collaborate on more. Let’s build something together. ## Work Experience ### Principal Designer @ Spin Master Jan 2024 – Present | Pleasanton, CA Part of the Bay Area Innovation Center team focusing on high-complexity, high-impact projects — handling everything from design and play pattern development to full mechanical design and prototyping. That mix of creative thinking, rigorous engineering, and hands-on making is my specialty. ### Industrial Design Lead @ IDEO Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Senior Industrial Designer @ IDEO Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Industrial Designer @ IDEO Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Palo Alto, California, United States ### Industrial Design Contractor at X, (formerly Google[x]). @ Adecco Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 Generating, iterating, and prototyping ideas with cutting edge new technologies to solve some of the world’s greatest problems, while collaborating with scientists, engineers, researchers, roboticists, and computer scientists. ### Industrial Designer @ Contract Jan 2011 – Jan 2020 I am a designer, with an affinity for the physical world. My specialty lies in consulting companies and private clients on new or ongoing projects to ideating, creating mock-ups, develop proof of concepts, mechanical designs, and fabricate working prototypes. I have a wide knowledge of fabrication techniques and experience using a multitude of materials. ### MythBusters: Co-Host, Industrial Designer, Design Engineer, Science Communicator @ Beyond Productions Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Los Angeles Area Co Host, Designer and Fabricator on Discovery Inc. show MythBusters. Rapidly designed and built functioning custom devices to test the validity of a wide variety of hypotheses including, but not limited to: a magazine fed dynamite firing crossbow pistol, a gas powered sword swinging rig that accurately mimics the swing and draw of a human swordsman, and rocket powered knife sled capable of cutting a chicken bone clean in half the long way. ### Mythbusters: The Search, Contestant @ Beyond Productions Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 Industrial designer, engineer, science communicator and contestant on the Discovery Inc. TV Series "Mythbusters: The Search." Won the right to host science TV show, MythBusters, on the Discovery Network to continue a 14 year long legacy of STEAM education after the retirement of original hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman. Completed weekly large scale design, engineering and build challenges each week on an individual and team capacity against 9 other contestants in a televised event. ### Visible Futures Lab: Lab Technician @ School of Visual Arts Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | 132 W 21st Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10011 Consulted on projects as well as trained students in the rapid prototyping lab to safely and efficiently turn their ideas into tangible realities using all the tools in the shop, from traditional wood working to digital fabrication and everything in between. ### Product Design Intern @ Tomorrow Lab Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | 45 E Broadway, New York, NY 10002 Industrial Designer specializing in concept generation, prototyping and testing products at all stages of development. ### Furniture Designer @ Furniture Maker Bill Kreider Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 Conception and fabrication of furniture. ### Industrial Partnership @ Gentex - Lehigh University Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Pennsylvania ## Education ### Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Products of Design School of Visual Arts ### Prototyping Course HOWEST Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Design Arts Lehigh University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jonathan-lung-131a9867 - Portfolio: http://jonjuhanlung.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/jonathanlung JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jonathanlung/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13