Timothy McQuade

About Timothy McQuade

Experienced Mechanical Design Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in Research and Development. Skilled in Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Optical Design, Thin Film Design and Analysis, Antenna Design, Tooling Design, Test Fixture Design, AM Design, Process Development, Rapid Prototyping, Fabrication, Composites, Leadership, Microsoft Excel. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor of Science - BS in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Design from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Experience

1. Lead Engineer

   Thalrix

   Jul 2025 — Present · Worcester, MA, US

   Responsible for hardware design, integration, fabrication, testing and quality. Focused on development of innovative low cost, rapidly deployable military grade unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and Counter-UAS (C-UAS) products. Optimizes products utilizing key end user insight, light weight components, low power consumption, mission critical capabilities and ruggedized performance (SWAP). Ensures hardware development keeps at pace of software development, by integrating COTS parts, employing rapid prototyping and parallel pathway testing to improve prototyping and experimentation iteration velocity.

Education

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  Bachelor of Science - BS

  2016 — 2020