# Saketh Somayajula > Mechanical Design Engineer @ Northwood Space Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/sakethsomayajula Current: Mechanical Design Engineer @ Northwood Space Previously: Optimus Electronics Product Design Engineer @ Tesla Audio Product Design Engineer @ Apple Manufacturing Quality Engineer @ Apple Drivetrain Mechanical Design Engineer @ UC Berkeley Formula SAE Contact: saketh.somayajula@berkeley.edu ## Work Experience ### Mechanical Design Engineer @ Northwood Jan 2025 – Present ### Product Design Engineer - Optimus Humanoid @ Tesla Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 Mechanical Product Design for Optimus accessories, AI computer, and sensors ### Product Design Engineer - Audio Products @ Apple Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 Mechanical Product Design for flexible printed circuit boards, sensors, and various modules into next generation AirPods ### Mechanical Design Engineer - Drivetrain @ Berkeley Formula Racing Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 Mechanical Design, simulation, and validation for light weight, optimized powertrain components of a single seat formula style race car ### Manufacturing Quality Engineer - Audio Products @ Apple Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 Design for CMM fixtures to improve part GR&R and data analysis to discover causes of cosmetic defects in injection molding processes ### Reliability Engineering Intern @ ChargePoint Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Jose, California, United States Design for test fixtures and creating test plans for environmental stress conditions ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering University of California, Berkeley ### Student in Student Gretchen Whitney High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sakethsom --- Source: https://flows.cv/sakethsomayajula JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/sakethsomayajula/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13