# Phillip Pham > Integrating sustainability and reliability in product design Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/phillippham Product design (mechanical) engineer with a passion to create beautiful and robust consumer & medical products. Experienced with bringing projects from conception to launch, having delivered 6+ products to market. Skills/Experience: * Product Definition & Architecture * Technical Program Management * Part Design: Injection Molding, Forging, Machining, and more * CAD: Creo (Pro-Engineer), Solidworks, NX, 2D Drawing Creation, and GD&T * R&D / Prototyping / Manufacturing (DFM & DFA) * Engineering Analysis (FEA/Stress, Thermal, etc) * Electronics and Sensor Integration * Component & Materials Sourcing * Waterproof Design * Troubleshooting / Root Cause Determination * FMEA * Testing & Validation / Design of Experiments * Product Scaling & Vendor Management (CM/ODM/JDM) ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Design Engineer - Technical Lead @ Amazon Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area ### NPI Lead Mechanical Engineer @ Roam Robotics Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 ### Product Design Engineer @ Drop Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 ### Product Design Engineer @ iBeat Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area • Shipped the first flagship product, as the lead ME from EVT to launch • Established pre-production testing criteria & managed reliability testing • Collaborated cross-functionally (PM, EE, RF, Packaging) to resolve design challenges • Supported FATP bringup and vendor management (20%) ### Mechanical Design Engineer @ Intel Corporation Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area • Developed next gen wrist worn as the lead ME • Designed product architecture, facilitated parts procurement, and vendor management • Determined feasibility of designs and materials through FEA simulation & rapid prototyping • Designed RF shielding solutions alongside RF engineers • Designed MCO’s for Multilayer & Rigid-Flex PCBA's • Managed the development of Li-On batteries for three wearables projects • Collaborated with ID team, designed surface models that complement both ID & ME needs • Developed fixturing solutions with CM’s and vendors within a 1 month deadline • Mentored three co-op engineers • Executed quick-turn solutions for packaging issues, improving box build yield rate to 98% ### Mechanical Design Engineer @ Basis, an Intel company Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area • 30%+ travel to Asia to debug plastic tooling & fixtures, auditing assembly lines, and ensuring successful ramp to mass production • Designed injection molded and metal parts through prototyping, computation, and analysis • Ensured tolerances of mechanical features are sound within the design • Led DOE's to validate mechanical parts in assemblies • Verified dimensional accuracy of parts coming off of the production floor and onto the assembly line • Troubleshot mechanical issues, both on the line and in design • Collaborated with ID firms to complement artistic visions with engineering solutions (Basis Science Inc. successfully exited to Intel Corp. in 2014) ### Research and Development Engineer (Intern) @ Medtronic Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Santa Ana, California • Applied regulations and processes of heart valve engineering to test method design • Created a cost-effective & robust method to monitor pressure in heart valve durability testing • Developed the prototype from conception to completion with other engineers and technicians • The designed method would result in saving $500,000 in annual recurring costs ### Bioengineering Researcher @ Osaka University / PRIME Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 | Osaka, Japan • Conducted virtual screening experiments to analyze 2 million molecules via grid computing • Discovered 10 novel molecules with potential bio-active therapeutic properties • Published a conference proceeding and presented at two international conferences ## Education ### M.S. in Mechanical Engineering UCLA ### B.S. in Bioengineering UC San Diego ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/phillipdpham --- Source: https://flows.cv/phillippham JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/phillippham/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13