# Nicholas Z.

> Product Design Engineer

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nicholasz

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
• Proficient in UG-NX, SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD, and Pro-Engineer.
• FEA, MATLAB, MS Office, Basic, C++, Windows OS, and Macintosh.

PERSONAL SKILLS
• Strong team player and self-motivated. 
• Good interpersonal and communication skills. 
• Strong time management skills and fast learner.
• Bilingual – English, Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese). 

AREA OF EXPERTISE
• 2D & 3D Mechanical Design   	
• Hardware Design / Integration 
• Quality Assurance Standard     	
• Engineering Documentation and Drawing
• Research and Development     	
• Dimensioning and Tolerancing Standard
• Manufacturing Process	
• Injection Molding Tooling 
• Tolerance Analysis                   
• Progressive Stamping Tooling

## Work Experience
### Head of Product Design (Hardware) @ Exo
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | Santa Clara, CA

### Product Design Engineering - Technical Lead @ Exo
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Redwood City, California, United States

### Senior Product Design Engineer @ Exo
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Redwood City, California, United States

### Senior Manager, Product Design @ Neato Robotics
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Jose, California, United States

### Manager, Product Development @ Neato Robotics
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Newark, California

### Senior Product Design Engineer @ Neato Robotics
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Staff Product Design Engineer @ Essential
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Palo Alto, CA

### Senior Mechanical Engineer @ Fitbit
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Lead Mechanical Engineer @ Intel Corporation
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Product Design Engineer @ iPod, iPhone
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012

### CO-OP Mechanical Design Engineer @ CD International, Inc
Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 | Santa Clara, CA


## Education
### Mechanical Engineering
San José State University

### Arroyo High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nicholas-z-2b330743

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Last updated: 2026-04-13