Summary
Patrick Chow is a Senior Mechanical Engineer and licensed Professional Engineer with 10+ years of experience applying early-stage simulation and testing to accelerate product development. He has led mechanical design and CAE efforts across robotics and consumer products at Amazon, iRobot, and Raytheon, specializing in structural FEA, CFD, and magnetic/inductive sensing analyses for polymers, rubbers, and foams. Patrick is known for embedding analytical thinking into design teams—reducing iterations, simplifying test programs, and driving manufacturable architectures from concept through prototyping (including a patented mechanism). He holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and combines hands-on test development with parametric FEM to capture nonlinear material behavior. Now based in Seattle and recently focused on robotics, he balances big-picture systems architecture with detailed material modeling. Outside work he brings a collaborative, mentorship-driven approach that helps cross-functional teams adopt simulation-first workflows.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Carmel High School
English, Chinese