# Noah Garon

> Senior Soft Good Engineer

Location: Union City, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/noahgaron

Noah is a soft goods engineer creating drapes and pads for surgical tables. He brings his apparel and wearable tech background when working closely with engineers to develop soft good products.
Noah's passion lies in creating wearable tech products that improve the quality of life for all of those who use them. He believes that the experience of using technology should be seamlessly integrated into our daily lives.

## Work Experience
### Senior Soft Good Engineer @ Mizuho OSI
Jan 2022 – Present | United States
Develops surgical drapes for knee, hip, and trauma surgeries. Explores product workflow and deployment processes to improve operator's ease of use. Navigates the sterilization process throughout the design stages. 
Designs padding for surgical tables to prevent pressure injuries, stabilize patients, and interface with the mechanical components of the tables including, accommodating for yaw and other range of motion requirements. 
Characterizes and catalogs foams and medical-grade fabrics/materials. 
Collaborates directly with Systems Engineering to meet specifications during development. Bridged specification requirements with manufacturer's capabilities to create products that achieved the requirements, hit appropriate deadlines, and minimize cost and time. 
Writes risk documents (FMEAs), unit level specifications, test plans & protocols. Presents all product milestones to a company-wide. 
Uses Adobe Illustrator and Solidworks to create patterns and drawings. 
Executes unit tests on products and complete reports. Testing includes strength testing, seam testing, pressure testing, and QA tests. 
Collaborates with Marketing to provide documentation to go with the products. Interviews Clinical Marketing, and surgeons, to get the point of view of the user. Provides documentation to a third party IP Firm. 
Develops SOP and guides for the team. Writes a design guide that captured the nuance of the design process during the first release of product to aid in the second release. This document is used as an information database, a 'how to' guide, and as a training resource. This, in combination with, the templates I have created, allow for easy and efficient documentation to occur. 
Lastly, I created a new drawing template that blends our mixture of mechanical and soft goods components. This allows us to communicate with a variety of vendor types in the same way and aids in communicating soft goods design details in a recognizable format for the greater engineering team.

### Product Design Associate @ Caerus Corporation
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | United States
Developed product direction for medical devices for humans and pets.
Prototyped products, defined design criteria, sources materials, and continuously improved products for sale.
Aided a variety of clients to turn product concepts into manufactuable goods
Created samples and prototypes to optimize products for production.
Closely worked with operations and the factory floor to train, produce, and inspect products.
Designed soft good housing for electronic components in PEMF braces.

### Intern @ NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Houston, Texas, United States
Developed a rigid to soft electronic connection for the antenna on the xEMU spacesuit. Focused on creating an efficient, repeatable design to simplify connection methods.
Sourced materials, developed prototypes, curated industry standards, tested prototypes, created technical diagrams, and drafted construction documents.

### Design Intern @ The Airtex Group
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Designed a new locking zipper, including 3D model and prototyping of the product. A utility patent is being filed for the zipper. 
Created technical flats, illustrations and simulations of products. Filed spec packs, patterned on Optitex, and created Marker files.
Worked with factory floor to start production of new products.
Ideated and illustrated new products for sales presentation and consultations.
Drafted and implemented policy for non-design employees to submit new product ideas.

### Freelance Graphic Designer @ Freelance Designer
Jan 2014 – Jan 2020 | Minnesota, United States
Seeking out potential clientele, performing consultations, creating designs that meet the given constraints, adjusting designs to meet client’s needs, presenting work with a variety of administrations to confirm designs, and working with technical staff to turn designs into finished products.
Work has included:
o	Designing logos, show posters, playbills
o	Illustrating book covers and album covers
o	Creating NSU’s School to Prison Pipeline event artwork
o	Curating and presenting original work in three art installations
o	Creating centerpieces for multiple events

### Reasearch Assistant @ Wearable Technology Lab
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Creating prototypes of functional garments, sewing circuits, performing analyses of materials and designs, collaborating with others, leading projects, presenting at poster sessions, and writing research papers. 
	Projects include:
o	Tactile Display Shirt
o	SCH Wearable Systems from Mobility; Soft Exoskeleton
o	Cut and Sewn E-textile Manufacturing
o	Industry vs Research Comprehensive Comparison
o	Wearable Technology Glossary

### Research Assistant @ Human Sensorimotor Control Lab
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Developed prototype and manufacturable medical device aiding in speech therapy. Designed wearable components and conducting user experience testing.

### WLAW Station Designer @ Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
Built podcast equipment, wrote the instruction and protocol binder, designed logo and website, interviewed and recorded speakers and guests, edited, and uploaded podcasts.


## Education
### Apparel Design
University of Minnesota


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/noah-garon
- Portfolio: https://noahgaron.wixsite.com/home

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Last updated: 2026-04-13