Telon Yan
Senior Mechatronics Engineer, Lead
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTelon Yan is a Senior Mechatronics Engineer and lead with nine years of multidisciplinary experience bridging mechanical design, embedded software, and lab-grade instrumentation. A University of Maryland mechanical engineering graduate with a computer science minor, he has built and shipped hardware and control systems from startup lab sustainability devices to single-person spacecraft prototypes and nuclear reactor tomography rigs. He co-founded Sustainabli to reduce lab energy and waste through compact, low-power actuated devices and PCB design, and now leads mechatronics work at Luna Labs USA. Telon combines hands-on fabrication (Fusion360, FDM/SLA 3D printing), microcontroller programming (Arduino, ESP32, Zedboard), and systems integration (CAN/SPI, MATLAB, Python) to deliver practical, deployable solutions. Known for turning research into operational tools, he also mentors junior engineers and documents robust procedures for real-world installations.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering with Computer Science Minor, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering with Computer Science Minor at University of MarylandMath, Science, and Computer Science Magnet Program, Math, Science, and Computer Science Magnet Program at Montgomery Blair High School
Chinese, English, Spanish
Github Skills (2)
robotics6
grav6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
telonyan/MUTR_status_board
Jun 2020 - Jan 2022
A status board for the Maryland University Training Reactor working under the University of Maryland - College Park Radiation Facilities
Contributions:8 PRs, 57 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
radiationreactorstatusfacilitiestraining
scattering/crystal-eg
Jul 2018 - Jan 2022
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
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