RAY JALISI
858-***-**** *******@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/ray-jalisi-554816a/
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATION
Diverse experience as a mechanical engineer, designing highly- complex products through the life cycle from initial concept to production.
Proficiency with core requirements of the mechanical engineering field, such as thermodynamics, GD&T tolerance analysis, geometric dimensioning, and structural analysis.
Successfully designed Fluidics sub-assemblies, electro-mechanical, and opto-mechanical components that can withstand strict customer requirements such as vacuum, pressure, high-frequency vibration, maximum packaging density, and cooling and heat transfer optimization.
Extensive knowledge and experience developing electromechanical components, rack mount computer blades, modules, chassis, packaging hardware, and structural design, including system requirements for reliability and manufacturability.
Experience designing machined, sheet metal, chassis design, and thermal formed parts and components using 3D CAD engineering software Solidworks, including generating 3d solid models, drawings, and documentation.
Interface with customers, suppliers, marketing/sales, manufacturing, quality, and R&D departments in a cross-functional and dynamic team environment.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Pacific Biosciences, San Diego, CA 11/2021 – 7/2024
Staff Mechanical Engineer
Responsible as a lead project team for engineering, designing, and manufacturing DNA Sequencing instrumentation, including developing the technical requirements, project schedules, progress reports, resource coordination, cost analysis, verification, and validation.
Utilizing Solidworks CAD software to design highly complex fluidics, optomechanical, and subsystem modules for DNA sequencing instruments.
Responsible for mechanical and electro-mechanical systems design, including system layout and 3D solid modeling and documentation, prototype builds, and test development.
Design high-precision reagent delivery systems requiring extensive analysis, such as hydraulics, thermal, stress, and vibration computation.
Design products that require extensive knowledge of GD&T, mechanical tolerance analysis, and different manufacturing processes and fabrication, such as sheet metal forming, machining, plastic thermal forming, and Injection modeling.
Development and testing of electro-mechanical products that meet strict requirements of maximum packaging density and optimization of cooling and heat transfer.
Collaborate with cross-functional development teams, including software, electrical, optics, and vendors, to ensure high-quality component, subsystem, and finished product delivery.
Victory Innovations, San Diego, CA 08/2020 – 09/2021
Sr. Mechanical and Test Engineer
Managed day-to-day lab activities and testing for Electro Static Sprayer, including design and modeling, planning, test set-up, data collection, and analysis.
Various engineering and manufacturing responsibilities to support research and product development using 3D CAD engineering software.
Accountable for designing, engineering, and manufacturing an automated test station capable of performing complete functional testing, including product validation and qualification testing.
Provide technical reports, recommendations, and approvals to the Marketing and R&D department.
Primary test engineer for mechanical-related components of team projects, including manufacturing, test process development, and documentation.
TELEDYNE INC., San Diego, CA 11/2011 –10/2019
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
Responsible for engineering and designing analytical instrumentation and environment monitoring systems, including development of the technical requirements, progress reports, project schedules, resource coordination, cost analysis, verification, and validation.
Utilizing Solidworks CAD software to design high-precision calibrators, zero air generators and UV gas concentration analyzers, gas filtration, and ambient air monitoring systems for environmental agencies, scientific laboratories, and semiconductor manufacturers.
Responsible for mechanical and electromechanical systems design, including complex piping and instrumentation, system layout and 3D solid modeling and documentation, prototype builds, and test development.
Design products that require extensive knowledge of GD&T, mechanical tolerance analysis, and different manufacturing processes and fabrication, such as sheet metal forming, machining, plastic forming and molding, and stereolithography.
Design and engineer electromechanical products that meet strict requirements for maximum packaging density, cooling, and heat transfer optimization.
ENTEGRIS INC., San Diego, CA 1/2010 – 11/2011
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
Lead system engineer for high-flow gas filtration and purification systems for semiconductor equipment industries.
Responsible for mechanical and electro-mechanical systems specifications and design, including complex piping and instrumentation, system layout, prototype builds, FEA, CFD, and test development utilizing Solidworks CAD software.
Designed and engineered products that meet strict requirements of maximum packaging density and optimization of cooling and heat transfer.
Extensive experience with high-voltage and high-wattage (3KW) heating elements capable of raising the temperature of the Purification Media up to 450C.
Performed finite element analysis and computation fluid dynamics utilizing SW Cosmos.
Designed and developed next-generation large filtration and purification systems for NH3, H2, and N2 gas to reduce impurities for the partial count to 1 part per billion, from concept to prototype in 6 months.
VERARI SYSTEMS, San Diego, CA 7/2007 - 12/2009
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
Lead mechanical design engineer in data storage business unit.
Lead hardware developer for mechanical and electromechanical components, rack mount computer blades, modules, chassis, packaging hardware, and structural design, including system layout and solid modeling, drawings, and documentation for storage server and external storage subsystem.
Designed products, hard drives, and disk blades that meet strict requirements of maximum packaging density, optimization of cooling, and heat transfer utilizing Solidworks CAD software.
Designed and developed a standard and unique chassis that resulted in a cost reduction of $1 million per year while increasing productivity and rapid development.
Key decision maker and primary product developer for mechanical and electromechanical components of team projects, including system layout, prototype build, and thermal testing.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science Degree, Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Associate Degree, Mechanical Design Technology, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI