Samuel Chen

University of California, Los Angeles

M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Design, Robotics, and Manufacturing)

University of California, Los Angeles

B.S. Mechanical Engineering

SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Maya, COMSOL

Soldering, Machining, 3D Printing, Laser Cutting

Python, C++, MATLAB, Linux, Bash, Arduino C

Amazon Lab126

Reliability Engineer

Amazon Lab126

Reliability Engineer Intern

• Developing acceleration tests and reliability specifications for new generation of consumer electronics, details currently under NDA.

Project Overseer

Mechanical Engineer

• Fabricating 1,200 gram high altitude balloon carrying Raspberry Pi and camera payload with fail-safe system to trigger parachute deployment in guidance fault situations.

• Creating multi-mission mechanical platform for modular assembly of high altitude balloon payload frame for rapid prototyping and deployment.

UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

Teaching Associate

• Assisted in teaching ENGR 113, which is a product strategy and technology transfer class for undergraduate engineering majors.

• Graded case study write-ups and presentations, managed attendance and participation.

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Flight Software Test Intern

• Developed 40,000 lines of Python testing code for 11 Mars rover embedded software modules, including motor control, drive system, power, and telecommunications.

• Improved automated testing infrastructure by writing internal scripting tool used to generate system architecture integration tests from Excel sheet inputs.

• Discovered and reported 6 Flight Software bugs that would have caused mission failure, using JIRA system to communication findings and track fixes.

ELFIN CubeSat

Instruments Mechanical Engineer

• Designed mission-critical components for small satellite currently in Earth orbit.

• Eliminated errors in main instrument design, drawing PCBs with Solidworks and working with Fabrication team to design for manufacturability.

• Researched PEEK bracket geometry for payload to chassis interfaces to prevent screw shearing during launch operations based on thermal vacuum and vibration testing.

Hewlett-Packard Company (Beijing Office)

Business Intern

• Authored 5 market trend reports on Big Data and cloud-based learning that were circulated among management for decision-making purposes.

• Performed competitor analysis for Learning Management Systems, including use of social media advertising and website structure.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Professional Chair, Secretary

• Presented professional workshops with industry sponsors and organized networking events.

• Took minutes at meetings, distributed weekly newsletter to mailing list of 400+.

IDEA Hacks Hardware Hackathon

Operations Lead

• Organized logistics of hardware hackathon for over 200 participants, including day-of scheduling and judging.

• Coordinated with industry sponsors and solicited corporate donations for funding.

Theta Tau (Professional Engineering Fraternity)

Scribe

• Functioned as member of professional fraternity, distributed newsletter and facilitated communication and team bonding among fraternity members.