# Sunny J. Mistry, PhD

> Manager, Product Design at Apple | Watch | Home | Audio | Health

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

University of California at Berkeley Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics and Staff Engineer/Computational Product Designer/Manager at Apple Inc. for Apple Watch, Home, Audio, Health, and AI.

## Work Experience
### Manager, Product Design @ Apple
Jan 2022 – Present | Cupertino, CA
Product Design CAE & Computational Design for Watch, Health, Home, AirPods, and AI

### Staff Product Design Engineer @ Apple
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Cupertino, California, United States
Product Design CAE

### Senior Product Design Engineer @ Apple
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | Cupertino, California
Phone, Watch, and Accessories Product Design CAE

Products: AirPods, Apple Watch Series 4 and 6, future stuff

### Product Design Engineer @ Apple
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | Cupertino, California
Phone, Watch, and Accessories Product Design CAE

Products: iPhone 7 Plus, Apple Watch Series 2/3/4, AirPods

### Graduate Student Researcher @ UC Berkeley
Jan 2008 – Jan 2014 | Berkeley, California
• Conducted research to improve tire designs motivated by Firestone and Ford tire controversy, resulting in accurate model prediction of the tire material behavior
• Published first-author paper in a leading journal in mechanics
• Delivered talks and research for conferences in the US and Europe with +1200 attendees

• Received Outstanding Preliminary Examination Award (top 5% of incoming doctoral class)

### Graduate Student Instructor @ UC Berkeley
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Berkeley, California
Undergraduate and graduate classes taught:
• "Introduction to Computer Programming for Scientists and Engineers" (Summer 2012, 120 students)
• "Mechanics of Solids" (Fall 2013, 50 students)

• Received Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award (distinguished award given to <9% of instructors)

### Summer Research Assistant @ ETH Zurich
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 | Zurich, Switzerland
Research Assistant at the Institute of Mechanics (IMES) for three consecutive summers:
• Research exchange in computational and theoretical mechanics

### Teaching Assistant @ ETH Zurich
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 | Zurich, Switzerland
Taught undergraduate courses "Mechanics 1&2" (~250 Students) at the Institute of Mechanics (IMES)

### Mechanical Engineering Intern @ ABB Switzerland Ltd.
Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 | Baden, Switzerland
Developed a mathematical model of oscillating turbo charger blades in order to optimize peak resonant amplitudes. Implemented using MATLAB.


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mech. Eng.
University of California, Berkeley

### Master's Degree in Mech. Eng.
ETH Zürich

### Bachelor's Degree in Mech. Eng.
ETH Zürich


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sjmistry

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Last updated: 2026-04-13