Michael Hurst

Experience

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  Haight Ashbury Music Center / Private Instruction

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2016

  Private Music Instructor

  • Private drum instruction with a focus on individualized practice plans• Create personalized lessons based on the experience and goals of each student• Construct weekly practice routines and assignments tailored to accelerate the pace of learning• Transcribe popular songs by ear to sheet music so that students can play any song of their choosing • Maintain an organized workspace and lesson schedule conducive to providing an enjoyable practice experience

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  Bacchus Management Group

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2009

  Certified Sommelier and Fine Dining Service Staff

  • Sommelier's certification from The Court of Master Sommeliers• Extracurricular commitments supporting the mentorship of new staff including knowledge prep for the Sommelier's certification examination• Experience with all front of house positions including bartending and table side service

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  Grokker

  Jan 2012 - May 2016

  Director / Video Production Manager

  • Early stage (less than 5 employees) critical contribution to a product that successfully navigated a $5.5M Series A funding round and $22.5M Series B funding round, and secured a deal with Amazon Fire TV• Co-developed a multi-national video production house and team from scratch. Grew to establish regular shoots with high profile clients in London, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.• Produced content with over 2 million views for a single video on Youtube.• Provided expertise in all areas of the production process including directing talent, sound design, storyboarding, camera operation, and editing• Directed shoots with high profile yoga gurus and expert chefs to produce premium quality health and wellness content• Established standards of operation for production team operating in multiple countries• Maintained an organized gear library that functions well in transport, and performed necessary repairs and replacements Show less

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  Twisters

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  Semi-Private Rock Climbing Coach

  • Semi-Private instruction for climbers ages 4-16 competing in statewide and national climbing competitions• Facilitated regional YCL competitions for multiple youth climbing teams in the area• Route setting for Bay Area climbing gyms

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  Varian Medical Systems

  Jun 2015 - Jul 2016

  • Hardware design and validation for precision radiation oncology devices resulting in the release of a revolutionary radiation oncology robotics platform. Experience working with multi-leaf collimators and particle accelerators.• Worked with products of unparalleled complexity integrating particle accelerators, multi leaf collimators, bending magnets, Bragg curve and particle physics, and large format digital imaging modalities in order to develop reliability and manufacturing methods for multinational production, shipment, and installation. • Developed novel solutions for transporting and installing multi-ton units in medical facilities not accessible by any maintained roads.• Performed FEA to assess vibrational modes, critical stressors, and analysis of component wall deflection under vacuum fill processes.• Designed tooling, wrote manufacturing instructions, performed tolerance stacks to validate system level designs, and owned metrological efforts including work performed on an optical comparator.• "Black site" skunkworks project member of new product solutions team that resulted in the release of a revolutionary radiation oncology robotics platform providing unparalleled affordability and accessibility to precision radiation therapy treatment around the globe. Show less • Designed a variety of head expanders and vibration test fixtures to support reliability test specifications• Attained 30% weight reduction over a competing design from vendor while matching additional critical specifications• Accelerated data mining process with creation of intelligent tools in excel including pivot tables• Programmed and operated environmental chambers and electrodynamic shakers• Worked with multiple suppliers to determine best solutions for data acquisition• Made all parts to match internal standards for dimension and tolerance Show less

  • Mechanical Design and Reliability Engineering

    May 2016 - Jul 2016

  • Mechanical Design and Reliability Engineering

    Jun 2015 - Jul 2016
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  Tesla

  Jul 2016 - Jul 2020

  Reliability and Test Engineer - Multiple Levels

  • Sole ownership of hardware reliability for high voltage architecture of a self driving vehicle model shipping at over 400,000 units per quarter. Successfully managed risk from initial concept through full volume production. Resolved critical issues by quickly identifying root cause and driving implementation of robust and sustainable solutions.• Led 6-axis hydraulic vibration test lab to save over $10,000,000.00 annually from service cost, re-manufacturing, shipping loss, unit cost, and manufacturing yield.• Sole ownership of Tesla medical devices ventilator project reliability during Covid 19.• Enabled launch of 4 new vehicle programs. Fast tracked cost downs and mitigation of field failures, driving design changes to completion.• Developed and tuned thermal models to anticipate lifetime degradation of charging systems as a function of complex time histories.• Designed and executed DVP&R de-risk road maps including creation of test specifications, damage modeling, fleet data analysis, fault injection, materials research, DFMEA, PFMEA, demonstrated reliability, risk burn downs, and fault tree analysis.• Supported broad spectrum of design teams including electric drive units, high voltage battery packs, HVAC, seating, cockpit, glass, lighting, body in white, chassis, interiors, and more. Show less

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  Stealth Mode Startup

  Mar 2021 - Feb 2022

  Technical Program Manager

  • Managed a multi-disciplinary technical team integrating hardware design with machine vision and autonomous flight control to successfully retrieve a variety of objects in a diverse set of operating environments.• Chief technical and strategic counsel for funding rounds with VC firms and investors, including expert knowledge on technological maturity and tractability of mission critical milestones.• Designed, validated, and fabricated hardware including mechatronic end effectors forenvironmental clean up autonomous drones at a tech-heavy green engineering corporation.• Developed evidence based MTCE carbon offset metrics related to product performance.• Created a database of competitor patents and advised on internal patenting strategy. • Managed risk proactively with a process informed by fundamental principles of risk analysis, reliability engineering, and prescriptive decision theory. Show less

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  Private Engineering Consultant

  Feb 2022 - now

  Reliability and Test Engineer

  • Reliability validation and characterization of various engineering designs including cold chain shipping solutions for pharmaceuticals. • Thermal validation and characterization. • Warehouse and fulfillment logistics.