Nico Samonte
Manufacturing Engineer at Pegasus
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNico Samonte is a Staff Manufacturing Engineer at Tesla with a decade of hands-on experience in process improvement, lean manufacturing, and product manufacturability. A VCU-trained mechanical engineer, he pairs CAD and machining expertise (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Inventor, G-code, EDM) with data-driven tools like MATLAB and Excel to optimize production workflows. He progressed rapidly through roles at Tesla from Engineering Technician to Staff, collaborating closely with quality assurance, lean teams, and design for manufacturability. His internship experience includes building preventative maintenance systems, ERP/WIP improvements, and designing semi-automated packaging and cam-driven stamping processes—evidence of both practical fabrication skill and systems thinking. Comfortable leading teams and documented SOP creation, he brings a blend of managerial experience from student leadership and retail management to complex manufacturing environments. Based in San Jose, he’s motivated by reducing changeover time and increasing OEE through pragmatic, scalable engineering solutions.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University
Github Skills (12)
tensorlayer9
dqn8
google8
reinforcement-learning7
chatbot7
python7
imagenet7
object-detection6
deep-learning6
artificial-intelligence6
tensorflow6
neural-network5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
fengjiran/tvm
Aug 2023 - Sep 2025
Open deep learning compiler stack for cpu, gpu and specialized accelerators
Contributions:112 pushes in 2 years 1 month
fengjiran/tvm_learning
Apr 2022 - May 2024
Contributions:165 pushes in 2 years 1 month
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