Cedar Farwell

Senior Product Design Engineer @Cytovale

San Francisco, CA, US

Technical design knowledge of instrument, consumables, drawings, CAD, proposing design and reliability improvements, change control, design outputs, tolerance analysis, risk, root cause analysis, controls, statistical analysis - Recognized within engineering team as subject matter expert in one or more areas - Anticipate, identify, and solve problems across engineering areas, drawing on colleagues’ areas of expertise as needed - Mastery of multiple skills, people / communication skills - Lead by example with good attitude, learn/do whatever is needed to move the ball - Able to synthesize key results to broad audiences (including non-technical) providing necessary context in an efficient manner - Able to lead technical discussion with differing point of views, seeking alignment but also pushing back when there is rationale to disagree - Able to clearly articulate project strategy to the rest of the team, and to find where other team members can most effectively contribute to the project - Organization / management skills - Understand how to prioritize efforts based on engineering priorities - Able to plan and lead projects of moderate complexity / scope autonomously - Able to coordinate effort across internal and external engineering teams (clinical, instrument, data science, vendors, consultants, etc.)- Keep to a plan and schedule, communicate early and often when these change - Know when to go-fast and when to be diligent, as per risk and team discussions

Dartmouth College

Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mechanical Engineering

Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.67

National Outdoor Leadership School

Outdoor Education