Zachary Yannone

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer @ Tesla

About

Highly motivated mechanical engineer committed to solving difficult problems in real-world engineering. Demonstrated understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals particularly in design, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics. Strong working knowledge of CAD, FEA, and manufacturing. Earned top score in undergraduate senior design project of a a server rack transporter; led the analysis and all calculations and simulations, including DFMEA, fatigue test design, FOS calculations, FEA studies, and redesign of subpar components. Graduate work focused on fracture mechanics and residual stress measurement techniques. Internship at Strategic Project Solutions focused on operations science and project production systems. Internship at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory focused on designing and machining shutter housing for X-ray beamline.

Country

United States

City

Los Gatos

Industry

Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering

Skill

Solidworks, Machining, CAD/CAM, 3D Printing, Matlab, C++, Abaqus FEA Software

Experience

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Tesla

2023-11 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

Palo Alto, California, United States

Mechanical Design Engineer

Tesla

2022-5 - 2023-11 · 1 yr 7 mos

Palo Alto, California, United States

Mechanical design engineer for battery structures team

Associate Mechanical Design Engineer

Tesla

2021-5 - 2022-5 · 1 yr 1 mo

Palo Alto, California, United States

Associate mechanical design engineer for battery structures team

Graduate Student Researcher

University of California, Davis

2020-6 - 2021-1 · 8 mos

Davis, California, United States

Used Abaqus FEA to create axis-symmetric isotropic models of a circular crack front at the flat bottom of a cylindrical hole in an infinite material. Meshed with CPE4R elements and analyzed using the J-integral method with 30 contours to determined stress intensity factor by iterating crack lengths (methodology learned by confirming theoretical behavior for edge cracked plates). Course work focus on elasticity and plasticity. Training on wire EDM and strain gauging for hole drilling residual stress measurement technique.

Project Management Intern

Strategic Project Solutions, Inc.

2019-7 - 2019-8 · 2 mos

San Fransisco

Produced and presented comprehensive technical presentations of the mathematical theory underpinning SPS's proprietary software for executive team and customers. Used Project Production Management (PPM) to accurately forecast the production schedule of an Indonesian jetty construction project using said software.

Construction Technician

Diablo Valley College

2015-8 - 2016-8 · 1 yr 1 mo

Pleasent Hill California

Prepared lab materials and equipment for the engineering department. Installed and uninstalled equipment in the machine shop and maker space. Was responsible for maintaining the general operation of tools and equipment throughout the wood shop, machine shop, maker space, and electrical engineering labs.

Mechanical Engineering Intern

Berkeley Lab

2016-5 - 2016-7 · 3 mos

Berkeley California

Scripted robotic armature used for sample manipulation on beamline. Designed shutter housing box for small angle X-Ray scattering crystallography beamline (SAXS) using PTC Creo. Designed robotic platform stand used in sample manipulation. Fabricated all parts and assemblies designed during internship using upright mills and CNC machines.

Night Merchant, Tire shop, Cashier, Cashier Assistant

Costco Wholesale

2014-10 - 2015-8 · 11 mos

Concord, California, United States

Stocked aisles using pallet jack after warehouse closed. Managed the register as well as helped bag groceries and load larger items into vehicles. Worked in tire shop installing new tires, performing rotations, and balancing wheels.