Summary
Neel Iyer is a product quality engineering leader with 8 years of experience building and scaling quality programs for consumer electronics and automotive products, currently managing Product Quality Engineering at Meta’s Reality Labs. He combines hands-on data skills (MySQL, Python, Tableau) with deep manufacturing knowledge across PCBA, injection molding, die-cast, and electro-mechanical assemblies to reduce defects from NPI through sustaining. Neel has led cross-functional initiatives at Meta, Facebook, and Tesla to launch category-defining products and standardize defect tracking and analytics tools. He’s passionate about translating business goals into team strengths and actionable metrics, and he mentors high-school students in STEM and professional development outside of work. Notably, his background spans lifecycle and manufacturing-focused research as well as practical shop-floor improvements, giving him a rare blend of analytical rigor and hands-on process optimization.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B. Tech, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, B. Tech, Mechanical and Energy Engineering at Vellore Institute of Technology
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, M.S., Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology