Greetings!
Let me introduce myself.
My name is Jack. I’m a product development engineer with 7 years experience bringing products from concept through to manufacturing. Though trained formally as a mechanical engineer, I view myself as more of a ‘full stack’ product development engineer who uses mechanical, electrical and software skills to design, architect and realize connected product solutions.
As my Android development capabilities have grown, I am looking for an opportunity to explore, learn and work on projects in this space, which has led me to Punch Through. I am eager to join a team that I can learn from and help develop robust connected solutions. My hope is that what I lack in software experience, I can make up for in a more holistic product focused mindset. You are not delivering standalone software solutions, but connected products, and I believe my experience across the whole product development process will add valuable breadth to the role.
Below I’ve included a couple examples of the software development work that I have done. If you have a few minutes, I would love to chat further about how I might be able to contribute to the work at Punch Through! Thanks for you time and consideration.
(Sidenote: I love LightBlue! It has been a savior in all of my BLE projects.)
WaterWyzer
While working at Delve, we developed a hardware device that lives under your sink and allows users to control their faucet using their knees and a switch in the door.
The app that I developed controls the hardware for dispensing different amounts of water, saves your water usage data to the cloud and helps you reach your water reduction goals.
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Stylo
Since graduating from Stanford University last year, I have been developing a self-drawing display that allows small business owners to more easily create and display messages, menus and artwork.
The Android app allows users to download templates, modify and redesign them, and simply press print to have the display update itself automatically. It connects to the hardware via BLE to establish credentials, then communicates the drawing commands via the local Wifi network.
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Thrombectomy R&D TestBed
One of our clients at Delve came to us asking for help making their device that removes blood clots safer. So in order to understand what was going on in the body during the procedure, I built an electrical test bed with various sensors and a custom software interface that allows us to gather, manipulate and visualize data in real time.
The magic of doing all these parts myself meant that as I learned something, or had a new question, I could evolve the electronics and software incredibly quickly to help prototype this idea.
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IllumiMate
At Stanford, I developed a device to help connect people with their loved ones when living remotely from each other. The simple device sits on your counter top and illuminates when someone walks by its counterpart device in another home, giving the user a sense of their loved one’s presence. While I haven’t yet developed an app for this device, I wrote the firmware and machined custom PCBs to illuminate the device just right.
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