INTRO
You know how it is— as with many creatives, my creative journey sparked when I was a kid. From a young age, I just wanted to make something or fix something. Throughout my teens, I explored various mediums—from duct-tape art to photography, videography, hand-lettering, and graphic design — yet, I still yearned to create more tangible things.
I faced challenges as I navigated through my mechanical engineering courses during my undergrad, later realizing that something was missing. I took a few steps here and there, and finally —it wasn’t until I found myself in the world of product development that I rediscovered that childhood spark.
to better hone my design skills in product development, I pursued my postgrad degree in industrial design. & now, here I am, seeking ways to keep that spark alive as I leverage my engineering and industrial design degrees, blending function with aesthetics, learning the many ways of design thinking as I go.
I may not have all the answers yet, but just like most of my life, I’ll figure it out.
I started as a Support Engineer, digging into materials research and quickly earning the trust to tackle my first design project for a well-known family-name brand. Within a few months, I found myself diving deep into preparing CAD models for manufacturing and assembly, tweaking industrial designers' work to make it production-ready. Throughout my time there, I juggled multiple projects doing DFMA tasks in SolidWorks, making meaningful contributions to their development by building various prototypes throughout the design cycle, even though I can't spill all the specifics due to legal stuff.
I kicked off as a CAD Designer/Drafter, mainly focusing on converting SolidWorks and STEP files for Autodesk Inventor, the team's go-to software. Despite my SolidWorks background from school, I quickly got the hang of Autodesk Inventor. Within a few months, I moved beyond just translating CAD work—I started making design calls. During my stint, I got my hands on a range of projects, pushing three out of six designs to the public (the rest are still in the works) during my near three-year journey. My responsibilities consisted of DFMA, BOM management, and PDM.
