# Patrick Chang

> Mechanical Engineer | Product Design Engineer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/patrickchang

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.

## Work Experience
### Member of the Technical Staff @ Medra
Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco, CA
Hardware design and R&D in physical AI and robotics, enabling next-generation science and drug discovery.

### Senior Product Design Engineer @ Backbone
Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 | Atherton, CA
Design of the first generation Backbrone Pro.

### Mechanical Engineering Consultant @ AT IP Management
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Taipei City, Taiwan
Review of a Fortune 500 company's patent portfolio in order to identify high-value patents.

### Mechanical Engineering Lead @ Neuralink
Jan 2019 – Jan 2023 | Fremont, California & Austin, Texas
Design, development, and manufacture of the N1 Charger and N1 Brain Implant.

### Senior Mechanical Engineer @ Nikon Research Corporation of America
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Belmont, CA
R&D of novel metal powder 3-D printing systems.

### Mechanical Engineer @ Nikon Research Corporation of America
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Belmont, CA
R&D of semiconductor lithography and industrial metrology systems.

### Test Engineer @ Nikon Research Corporation of America
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Belmont, California
Design and execution of experiments. Laboratory cleanliness and equipment management across three laboratory spaces.

### Member of the Technical Staff @ Sandia National Laboratories
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Livermore, California
Upgrade and maintenance of weapon systems.

### Graduate Research Assistant @ Georgia Institute of Technology
Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 | Atlanta, Georgia
Research of a novel, FEA-based, optimization algorithm for the design of complex truss structures (Advisor: Dr. David Rosen).

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Georgia Institute of Technology
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | Atlanta, GA
Management of two senior-level, mechanical engineering laboratory classes (ME3057: Experimental Methodology).

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Georgia Institute of Technology
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 | Atlanta, GA
Research the use of biomimicry in the mechanical design process (Advisors: Dr. David Rosen & Dr. Jamal Wilson).

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Georgia Institute of Technology
Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 | Atlanta, GA
Research of improvements to the Fontan Procedure for treatment of congenital heart defects (Advisor: Dr. Ajit Yoganathan).


## Education
### M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

### B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/patrickschang
- Website: https://patrick-chang.notion.site/Patrick-Chang-s-Resume-46da7f3a42a040b7b42685a7fcb38daa?pvs=4

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Last updated: 2026-04-08