Sam Qiu

About Sam Qiu

I\'m a Mechanical Engineering Manager with 20+ years of experience designing consumer…

Experience

1. Manager Mechanical Engineering

   Clover

   Mar 2014 — Present

   Led cross-functional teams to drive system architecture design from concept to mass production, which included coordinating all aspects of design for Clover Smart POS products. • Collaborated with the operation team on vendor selections, approved costs for all mechanical parts, and generated cost savings across the product lifecycle. • Collaborated with the electrical engineering team on components layout and thermal capabilities and provided coaching and mentorship to young engineers during design phases. • Built prototypes using in-house 3D systems to verify design concepts. • Designed a variety of accessories to drive product adoption and improve user satisfaction. • Managed offshore ODM teams during the mechanical design phase and collaborated with the China operation team to ramp and scale production of new products and accessories. • Coordinated with oversea vendors and engineers to resolve critical tooling issues.

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  BS, Mechanical Engineer

  2001 — 2003

Skills

• Product Development
• Manufacturing
• Engineering Management
• Design for Manufacturing
• Mechanical Engineering
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Six Sigma
• Cad
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Industrial Design
• Product Design
• Testing
• Injection Molding
• Rapid Prototyping
• Lean Manufacturing
• Design of Experiments
• Engineering
• Sheet Metal
• Solidworks
• Consumer Electronics
• Finite Element Analysis
• Pro Engineer