# Vanessa R.

> Senior Engineering Program Manager at Apple

Location: Oakland, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/vanessar

Creative & strategic problem solver with a mechanical engineering background. Biased towards initiative & action, yet skilled at reading the room. Experienced at leading development from an idea through requirements, proof of concept and launch. Calm under pressure. Avid adventurer and nature enthusiast. Builder of positive team cultures and flow.

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Design Engineering Program Manager @ Apple
Jan 2024 – Present
Vision Products Group

### Senior System Engineering Program Manager @ Apple
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024
SPG - User Facing Mechatronic System
Moonlight - User Interaction Software / Features
ID/PD/EE/SW/Marketing Cross-Functional Integration

### Studies Engineering Program Manager @ Apple
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021
Wellness + Clinical Studies
Health Technologies - Sensing Incubation

### Engineering Project Manager @ Apple
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019
SPG - Actuation Modules + Sub-Systems
PD/EE/SW Cross-Functional Integration

### Technical Project Manager @ Tesla
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017
Model 3 Inverter
- Led build phase planning and execution from architecture release (B-sample) through SOP
- Provided technical recommendations to mechanical design, manufacturing, process, and quality engineers
- Scaled pilot line operations from 3 to 24 technicians across two shifts
- Managed up, down and across to keep team productivity high through challenging new development
- Sent daily executive updates during builds, including a yield Pareto of top automated manufacturing issues
- Highlighted risks and escalated when needed
- Delivered on time to vehicle launch

This was my first project as a PM. Tesla's first fully automated assembly line. The world's first silicon carbide inverter.

### Project Engineer @ Tesla
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016
Model S/X Drive Units and Inverters
- Scoped and executed production trials and pilots for new product introduction
- Reviewed design validation, manufacturing, supply chain, and operations results
- Led cross-functional change control meetings to share data, trade-offs and align resolutions
- Changes ranged from individual components, equipment, automation, and sub-assemblies

### Product Development Engineer @ Ford Motor Company
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015
Rotational program

Completed rotations: Dearborn Truck Assembly (1mo), Electric Powertrain Architecture (6mo) including track, high speed and test vehicle driving certification, Autonomous Vehicle Research (7mo), Vehicle interiors launch at Chicago Assembly Plant (8mo)

- Ran vehicle dyno and track tests, analyzed data and shared results to inform EV platform architectures
- Led a management track demo for start/stop hybrid vehicle which included benchmark vehicles
- Closed the loop on a Simulink controls model for a hardware in the loop (HIL) autonomy code test bench
- Recognized by chief engineer for vehicle interior launch contributions to the 2016 Ford Explorer
- Interior technical issues included plastic, metal, fasteners, leather and rubber components and assemblies


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013

### Certificate in Project Management
University of California, Berkeley

### Dual-Registration with MIT in Italian Language (Concentration)
Harvard University

### Summer Study Abroad in Design and Society in Denmark
Danish International School

### Dual-Registration with MIT in Industrial Design (Class)
Massachusetts College of Art and Design


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-07