Nate has been with Simplexity over 13 years as a Mechanical Engineer and Senior Project Manager. He has years of experience in direct design of new products, development, and execution of test protocols, root cause investigations, and design iteration for existing designs. Nate is focused on supporting new production lines, especially of consumables via development of manual and automated assembly fixtures, In-line QC tools, and End of Line QC tools.

Expertise

• Designing of complex mechanical systems with integration of electronic and pneumatic components
• Managing diverse engineering teams across multiple tool and product design cycles in both industrial and biomedical applications
• Designing and executing test plans for tool qualification
• Managing the design of tools and workflows to support the development of consumable microfluidics in the biomedical space

Experience

• Managed and contributed to the design of a set of specialized assay development tools to de-risk the parallel development of a new SBS instrument and the chemistry automation in it
• Managed and contributed to the design of a suite of tools supporting the assembly, qualification, fill, serialization and storage of consumable reagent cartridges and flowcells for SBS instruments
• Designed and built a novel lung respiration device to train doctors in the use and installation of a medical device in the lungs of a breathing patent
• Wrote comprehensive work instructions for the assembly and test of blood pathogen testing device
• Designed and tested a method of installing optical systems in the read head of a DNA Sequencing system
• Designed and built benchtop dispense robot
• Designed & built testing equipment for the verification of sun-tracking systems
• Designed replaceable lens fixtures for solar power concentrating photovoltaics
• Mechanical Engineer, Northrop Grumman
• Led a team in the development of a Foot and Hand Powered Cycle Senior Project, Cal Poly SLO
• Conducted shock response testing, ME Intern, Orbital Sciences, Inc Summer 200
• Worked Machine Operations, Vista Industrial Products

Education

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
• Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam Taken/Passed

Recognition

• Dean’s List, College of Engineering
• President’s List, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
• President, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Cal Poly SLO chapter
• Member, Tau Beta Pi
• 1st Place Winner, Society of Women Engineers, Team Tech Competition (2x)
• Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to the Objectives and Public Image of the College of Engineering, Cal Poly SLO

Patents

• Breathing Lung Device
  • Patent 11357939
  • Patent  12053579
• Apparatuses and Methods for Mixing Fluid or Media By Vibrating a Pipette Using Transient and Steady-State Intervals
  • Patent 11221331

Interest / Obsessions

• Backyard science projects/engineering
• Hiking
• Family

Featured Media

• Using Automation to Realize the Dream of “Fast, Cheap, and Good”

Favorite Quote

“Do. Or do not. There is no try.”
– Yoda