Gabriel Espinosa
R&D Engineer II at Penumbra, Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGabriel Espinosa is an R&D mechanical engineer with 8 years of experience designing hardware across medical devices, soft robotics, and renewable energy systems from the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently leading hardware development for next‑generation thrombectomy devices at Penumbra, he blends CAD and manufacturing expertise with regulatory and supplier coordination to bring complex products from concept to market. His background includes bioinspired soft-robotic swimmers, wave-energy buoys, and gravity-driven distillation systems, reflecting a consistent focus on human and environmental health. Gabriel pairs rigorous academic training (BS mechanical engineering, 4.0 GPA) with hands-on lab leadership and published research, and he often prototypes using flexible 3D-printed plastics and origami-inspired structures. Notably, he has moved between academia, startups, and industry while retaining a strong emphasis on design for manufacturability and sustainability.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
ENGINEERING, ENGINEERING at North Seattle CollegeBallard High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, 4.0/4.0, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, 4.0/4.0 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
English, Spanish
Github Skills (8)
twilio-video10
sdk10
webrtc10
react10
twilio10
collaboration9
laravel3
php2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
gabriel-jt/gabriel-jt.github.io
Sep 2021 - Sep 2021
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
gabriel-jt/creditCardGenerator
Dec 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 1 day
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