Patrick Chang

Patrick Chang

Patrick Chang

Mechanical Engineer | Product Design Engineer

I am a mechanical engineer with over 15 years experience working on challenging problems across several technical fields, including consumer electronics, product design, medical device design, vacuum systems, semiconductor lithography, industrial metrology, and 3-D printing.

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Experience

MedraMember of the Technical Staff

2026 — Now

2026 — Now

San Francisco, CA

Hardware design and R&D in physical AI and robotics, enabling next-generation science and drug discovery.

BackboneSenior Product Design Engineer

2024 — 2026

2024 — 2026

Atherton, CA

Design of the first generation Backbrone Pro.

AT IP ManagementMechanical Engineering Consultant

2023 — 2023

2023 — 2023

Taipei City, Taiwan

Review of a Fortune 500 company's patent portfolio in order to identify high-value patents.

NeuralinkMechanical Engineering Lead

2019 — 2023

2019 — 2023

Fremont, California & Austin, Texas

Design, development, and manufacture of the N1 Charger and N1 Brain Implant.

Nikon Research Corporation of AmericaSenior Mechanical Engineer

2016 — 2019

2016 — 2019

Belmont, CA

R&D of novel metal powder 3-D printing systems.

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology

M.S.

Georgia Institute of Technology

B.S.