Leon(Lawrence) Xiang

Experience

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  Carnegie Mellon University

  Sept 2013 - Nov 2013

  Student Mentor

  CMU/COLFAX Middle School Physics Concepts ProgramStudent Mentor• Meet weekly with a middle school student to develop a physics project• Prepare the middle school student to present at PJAS science fair

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  CMU Soft Machine Lab

  May 2014 - Jul 2014

  Student Researcher

  • Performed material selection for Dielectric Elastomer Actuator (DEA) to increase itsmovement range and speed as potential soft robot actuator.• Improved laser-cutting fabrication procedure for rapid prototyping of DEA.• Designed gripper robot with laser cutting pattern and built prototype with jointed DEAs.

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  Fitbit

  May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Mechanical Design Intern

  Mechanical Design Intern, May 18th - Aug 11th, 2015• Designed engineering verification fixtures in PTC Creo and conducted reliabilitytesting for peg insertion&extraction.• Design of experiments and failure analysis for impact, water-proofing &stress cycle• Assembly fixtures qualification in China with vendors.• Design for manufacturing&tolerance analysis for PCB&FPC components

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  Tokyo Institute of Technology

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Graduate Student Researcher on Swimming Humanoid Robot

  • Designed a new water-proof elbow compartment with o-rings and integrated a newhigh Performance motor.My project presentation can be found at:https://www.dropbox.com/home/tokyo%20tech?preview=LawrenceXiang.pptx

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  Intuitive Surgical

  May 2017 - Aug 2017

  Mechanical Engineering Intern

  • Designed motorized rotational torque testing fixture comprises of motor, gearbox, transducer,bearings, and around 40 off-the-shelve components.• Performed detailed dynamic, static, tolerance stack and FEA analysis for mechanicalcomponents and designed critical to function custom parts with GT&D implemented.• Study custom cost reduced gearbox and designed a motorized fixture • Design and execution of experiments to validate engineering parameters

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  CMU Summit on US-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship

  May 2017 - Mar 2018

  Project Director
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  Apple

  Mar 2018 - Jun 2020

  Product Design Engineer

  Apple Mac PD • 2019 Macbook Pro: Antenna, PCB, Sensors(magnet/FPC), Thermal Module, Back Vent, Mic, Keyboard• 2022 Mac Studio Display:MLB, USB-c, IOs

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  Applied Materials

  Jun 2020 - Jul 2022

  Mechanical Engineer Sr

  • CMP Group: wafer brush module, wafer cleaning module, system layout/integration, wafer transfer robotics• Plastic/metal enclosure, electrical/pneumatic motors, precision mechanism, electro-mechanical integration

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  Google

  Jul 2022 - Mar 2023

  Product Design Engineer

  • Pixel tablet: Wireless modules • Future Gen Pixel Tablet Speaker • Pixel tablet case: Mics

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  HK Lighting

  May 2023 - Aug 2023

  Mechanical Engineer
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  Applied Materials

  Aug 2023 - now

  Mechanical Engineer Sr