Nathan Knapp

About Nathan Knapp

I’m a Senior Product Manager and Systems Engineer with 10+ years of experience delivering complex electromechanical instrumentation and consumables from concept through commercial deployment.My background spans hardware engineering, systems engineering, manufacturing scale-up, reliability, and post-market operations. I’ve led products across the full lifecycle—owning system architecture, requirements, manufacturing transfer, field deployment, and on-market performance—while working hands-on with mechanical, electrical, firmware, manufacturing, quality, service, and supply chain teams.A core part of my experience is managing tightly coupled instrument and consumable ecosystems, where performance, cost, yield, reliability, and customer experience are interdependent. I’m comfortable making system-level tradeoffs across hardware, disposables, and processes to deliver scalable, serviceable products in real-world environments.I’m most effective in roles that sit at the intersection of deep technical systems, manufacturing reality, and clear product ownership—particularly in hardware-heavy, high-reliability products that must perform consistently at scale.

Experience

1. Global Product Manager

   Bio-Rad Laboratories

   Jan 2021 — Present

   Global Single-Cell Instrumentation Product Manager: Managed single-cell instruments and microfluidic consumables, both on-market and in NPD.End-to-end ownership of complex electromechanical instrumentation and associated consumables, spanning requirements, system tradeoffs, manufacturing readiness, launch, and post-market performance• Led cross-functional execution across mechanical, electrical, firmware, manufacturing, quality, service, and supply chain teams• Owned product decisions where instrument performance, consumable design, cost, yield, and reliability were tightly coupled

Education

• Oregon State University

  M.S., Chemical Engineering

  2009 — 2012

• Oregon State University

  B.S., Radiation Health Physics [Nuclear Chemistry]

  2005 — 2009

Skills

• Physics
• Matlab
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Microsoft Office
• Experimental Design
• Research
• Materials Science
• Energy Efficiency
• Laboratory
• Thin Films
• Statistics
• Manufacturing
• Nuclear Engineering
• Uv/Vis
• Science
• Solidworks
• Nuclear
• Cfd
• Comsol
• Rapid Prototyping
• Rapid Process Improvement
• Radiochemistry
• Reaction Engineering
• Finite Element Analysis
• Microsoft Excel
• Research and Development (R&D)
• Characterization
• Uv/Vis Spectroscopy
• Thermal Analysis