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Conrad Diaz, P.E.

Conrad Diaz, P.E.

Sr. Mechanical Engineer

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  • About me

    Experienced design engineering professional with management and cross-functional leadership background, specialized in product design and development, automated systems, robotics, and medical devices (FDA class II & III)

  • Education

    • CSUN

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      Extension courses Electronics and digital design

    • University of California, Los Angeles

      1990 - 1996
      B.S. Mechanical Engineering

      B.S., Mechanical EngineeringSpecialized in Design and Control

  • Experience

    • Iris Diagnostics

      Aug 2002 - Jan 2008
      Sr. Mechanical Engineer

      Lead senior-level mechanical engineer. Automated in-vitro diagnostics device design and engineering. FDA class II medical device company.

    • Advanced Bionics

      Nov 2008 - Mar 2010
      Principal Mechanical Engineer

      Lead Principal product engineer. Designed electrical test fixtures, mentored junior engineers, reviewed designs for manufacturability (DFM/DFA), developed and maintained FDA class III medical device manufacturing processes, adhered to FDA design controls.

    • Cognetix Engineering

      Apr 2010 - now
      Engineering Consultant

      My own design and engineering consulting practice, focused on the development of products and manufacturing processes for various industries. Extensive experience within the biomedical industry, such as FDA Class II and Class III medical devices, as well as subcutaneous, drug-delivery Combination Products and autoinjectors. Product and Process Verification and Validation. FDA Design Controls.Partial list of recent projects and clients:Philips Healthcare: Design and sustaining engineering of defibrillators and patient monitors.Confidential project: Design of automated pill-delivery device.Confidential project: Development of subcutaneous drug-delivery devices.Caldera Medical: Women's health, implantable medical devices.MedPatch: Prototype design of innovative, subcutaneous drug-delivery device.Biosense Webster: Renal ablation catherer development.Cynvenio Biosystems: Magnetophoresis separation, circulating cancer tumor cell detection. Show less

    • COGNETIX Mech|Eng Academy for Professionals

      Dec 2015 - Jan 2021
      President and Founder

      The COGNETIX Mechanical Engineering Academy focuses on empowering mechanical design professionals, makers, and aficionados by offering one-of-a-kind design engineering online training.

    • NovaSignal

      Jul 2021 - Oct 2022
      Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

      Lead robotics engineer, responsible for mechanical design and systems engineering development of a 5 degree of freedom TCD (Transcranial Doppler) ultrasound robot. The resulting HIGHLY INNOVATIVE design is compact, cost-effective, easy to use, and lightweight. It is integrated to automatically capture cerebral blood flow data in real time to identify some brain, heart, and vascular conditions and illnesses, such as PFO, stroke, aneurysm, and vasospasm.Responsibilities included CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP and some level of project management.Developed a closed-loop robotics motion control development platform. Designed the electronics with integrated micro-controller and programmed it with C++. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Licensed Professional Engineer

      California Board for Professional Engineers