Nicholas Buckles

About Nicholas Buckles

I’m a mechanical engineer who lives at the intersection of design, manufacturing, and execution. Over the past decade, I’ve led hardware programs from napkin sketch through production, working across prototyping, testing, supply chain, and manufacturing to turn ambitious ideas into real products.My strengths are in new product development, advanced and additive manufacturing, and lean optimization, but what sets me apart is judgment: knowing when to push, when to simplify, and how to make tradeoffs that serve both the product and the business.I enjoy working closely with customers and cross-functional teams to uncover real needs, shape clear technical direction, and build solutions that are elegant, manufacturable, and on time.

Experience

1. Mechanical Engineer

   DoorDash

   Nov 2024 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Building autonomous delivery vehicles

Education

• University of Southern California

  MS, Product Development Engineering

  2015 — 2017

• University of Cape Town

  BS, Mechanical Engineering

  2010 — 2010

• University of Southern California

  BS, Mechanical Engineering

  2007 — 2011

Skills

• Ptc Pro/Engineer
• Mechanical Analysis
• Cad/Cam
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Leadership
• Solidworks
• Time Management
• Autocad
• Social Media
• Product Development
• Microsoft Office
• Mechanical Engineering
• Pro/Mechanica
• Product Launch
• Solid Edge
• Integrated Circuit Design
• Circuit Design
• Ansys
• Product Design
• Matlab
• Finite Element Analysis
• Lean Manufacturing
• Ptc Creo