# Vincent To > Senior Mechanical Engineer Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/vincentto Dynamic and results-driven Mechanical Engineer with over 8 years of experience in product development across consumer electronics and industrial products. Specialized in mechanical design, thermal management, and cross-functional collaboration with Electrical Engineering (EE) and Firmware (FW) teams. Proven track record in delivering innovative solutions and contributing to projects with significant revenue and scalability potential. ## Work Experience ### Senior Mechanical Engineer @ HEN Technologies Jan 2025 – Present | Hayward, CA Working on dynamic systems, consisting of gears, motors, bearings ### Lead Mechanical Engineer @ Somewear Labs Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area • Led mechanical architecture and refined multiple electronics packaging concepts for the Node device, integrating PCBAs, overmolded enclosures, antennas, reflectors and IP68 sealing to withstand shock, vibration, and harsh environmental conditions • Coordinated mechanical validation (drop tests, thermal cycling, vibration) and orchestrated fixture designs, ensuring compliance with MIL-STD-810 standards. • Increased manufacturing yield by 75% through comprehensive root cause analysis and design improvements; unlocked $6.7M in additional annual revenue • Drove DFM by collaborating with global contract manufacturers on tooling reviews, draft angles, and material flow analyses, delivering highly manufacturable products that exceeded quality and cost targets ### Senior Mechanical Engineer @ Brewbird Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Carlos, California, United States • Collaborated with 2 mechanical engineers to design a complex machine from the ground-up containing dynamic, static, fluidic, thermal, optics, aesthetic and electronic parts/assemblies with a focus on quality and reliability • Designed, prototyped and conducted root cause analysis on fluidic and thermal systems to drive mitigative design changes • Managed 6+ overseas/domestic vendors and partners at a time from pre-concept to production • Owned PVT build and ran assembly line bringup for the fluidic subassembly which includes product assembly tooling, fixtures and instructions • Sensor system integration including pressure, thermistor, flowmeter ### Mechanical Engineer @ SolarEdge Technologies Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Milpitas, California, United States • Responsible for mechanical design of high-voltage energy products using mass manufacturing techniques such as injection molding, sheet metal bending, and extrusion • Generated, evaluated and prototyped mechanisms to drive product decisions • Validated mechanical concept designs using FEA analysis on SolidWorks • Supported steady state and transient thermal analysis for thermal designs ### Product Development Engineer II @ TE Connectivity Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Fremont, CA • Leveraged Six Sigma Black Belt methodologies to design & manufacture both high and low volume pressure transducers • Developed, authored and released/published engineering documentation including but not limited to standard operating procedures, product requirement documents, gap analysis, QFD, DFMEA, DOE, gauge R&R, root cause analysis and design validation reports • Applied additive manufacturing solutions in the product development process that slashed project deadlines by 22% • Performed engineering change orders (ECO) and released processes using PLM software ### Product Development Engineer I @ TE Connectivity Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Hampton, VA • Designed for manufacturability & assembly (DFM, DFA), an adjustable, modular and pneumatic mechanism that reduced manufacturing costs of printed electronic sensors by $31,000 per year and increased machine operator efficiency by 33% • Performed Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) of key dimensions for piezo-electric sensors resulting in 20% reduction in scrap ### Product Development Engineer I @ TE Connectivity Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Andover, MN • Process Capability Studies (Cp & Cpk) for design validation of temperature sensor products • Managed medical temperature sensor prototype builds by performing manufacturability studies, developing manufacturing work instructions, designing tooling/fixtures and coordinating with production workers for fabrication ### Product Development Engineer I @ TE Connectivity Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area • Designed and prototyped precision component assembly fixtures for automotive connectors, enabling high-volume manufacturing of over 380K pieces per year • Visited suppliers to support production launch and ramp by assisting in the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) ### Powertrain/Mechanical Design Team Member @ Terrapin Racing: Formula SAE Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | College Park, MD • Collaborated with two other student engineers to design a 10% lighter pedal system with better manufacturability (DFM) and ergonomic capabilities while fulfilling FSAE guidelines. • Responsible for all FEA simulations of pedal components, including a pedal rail design study resulting in a 55% higher strength-to-weight ratio. • Lead conceptual and detailed design phases, redesigning 3D pedal components, drafting 2D drawings and building a BOM table with cost and procurement information using SolidWorks. • Reverse Engineered the current “Honda CBR-600RR” engine by disassembling and reconstructing the power plant, while documenting an engine rebuild manual, highlighting material concerning the team. ### Undergraduate Researcher @ Terrapin Racing: Formula SAE Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | College Park, MD • Designed, manufactured and assembled mechanical components for novel additive manufacturing machines that lead to 50% increase in machine efficiency. ### Undergraduate Researcher @ Hybrid Systems Integration and Simulation Lab Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | College Park • Developed a MATLAB program to process and analyze raw data collected from EEG headsets during a virtual tobacco cessation program; improved processing times by 25% and saved $10K ### Supply Chain Quality Co-op Engineer @ GE Aviation Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Cincinnati, Ohio • Compiled engine delivery data and constructed weekly metric reports through PowerPoint to maintain quality performance for the GE90 and CFM56 jet engines • Collaborated with cross-functional departments to formulate the first life-limited parts list for the LEAP jet engine. • Cleansed, processed, and manipulated over 6,000 entrees of obscure engine defect data in Excel to target most commonly recurring deficiencies ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering University of Maryland ### Student Exchange in Materials Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vincentto1 --- Source: https://flows.cv/vincentto JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/vincentto/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05