# Tyler Drake

> Product Development | Mechanical Engineering

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/tylerdrake1

Sr. Mechanical Engineer - Bio-Instrumentation

## Work Experience
### Senior Mechanical Engineer @ 10x Genomics
Jan 2021 – Present | Pleasanton, CA
R&D for bio-instrumentation

### Senior Mechanical Engineer @ CVM Custom Machine Builders
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Pleasanton, California, United States
- Designed custom machines for automation
- Created structures, fixtures and EOATs for robots
- Built and prototyped design concepts
- Took customer ideas from concept to production
- Worked closely with machine and fabrication shops
- Led the design for the company’s most complex machine project to date
- Involved from prototyping to final build

### Engineering Coordinator/Board Member @ AJA International
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Scituate, Massachusetts, United States
- Was on the company board for strategic planning
- Delegated engineering projects
- Attended system meetings to discuss projects
- Reviewed designs, drawings and BOMs
- Suggested design and manufacturing improvements
- Managed SolidWorks PDM Vault
- Approved manufacturing builds
- Work with all departments to facilitate production
- Talked with vendors to assure proper manufacturing

### Mechanical Design Engineer @ AJA International
Jan 2014 – Jan 2020 | Scituate, Massachusetts, United States
- Designed vacuum systems and components
- Chamber and lid design/drawings for manufacturing and customer approval
- Complex heating and cooling component design
- Worked on automated/semi-automated systems with pneumatics, motors, timing belts, etc.
- Designed wafer handling systems and glove box integration
- Experience with GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, machined parts and sheet metal
- Did FEA analysis in SolidWorks
- Created full system schematics and detailed drawings
- Made BOMs and specified purchased parts
- Estimated manufacturing costs and provide feedback on designs
- Did R&D for new designs
- Created concept CAD designs
- Helped manufacturing with new designs
- Attended custom FATs
- Used customer and internal feedback for design improvements

### Product Design Consultant @ LearLabs
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Salem, Massachusetts, United States

### Product Design Intern @ LearLabs
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Salem, Massachusetts, United States

### Product Design Consultant @ Bryan Dynamics, Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Miami, Florida, United States

### Design Engineer Intern @ AJA International
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Scituate, Massachusetts, United States


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS
Wentworth Institute of Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tyler-drake-24b55616

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Last updated: 2026-04-13