Christopher Schroeder

Optomechanical/Mechatronic Product Development

San Diego, California, United States

About

Over 30 Years experience in developing mechatronic products through all NPI Phases

Experience

  • Staff Optomechanical Engineer at Element Biosciences
    Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Product Development Specialist at Independant Consultant - Product Development
    Mar 2009 - Mar 2024 · 15 yrs 1 mo

    Design - product design, electro-mechanics, firmware and controls. Manufacturing - assembly automation, process development, work flow design and part sourcing.

  • Operations and Product Development at Embi Tec
    2005 - Jan 2024 · 19 yrs 1 mo

    Design illumination system real-time visualization of electrophoresis migration. Contribute design and develop patented products for electrophoresis, PCR, Western Blot, pipetting and visualization of DNA and protein investigations. Manage Operations of instrument product lines including procurement, personnel and processes.

  • Sr Product Development Engineer at Parasight Systems
    Oct 2015 - Oct 2023 · 8 yrs 1 mo

    Manage development of all product design and manufacturing for veterinary diagnostic device and consumables from inception to production in a small, aggressive start-up company with a 5-person team. - Developed designs and processes to produce all high volume consumables for the product. - Created fluid dispensing system to prepare fecal sample for imaging and analysis. - Managed development of sample preparation tools with emphasis on usability. - Developed automated manufacturing system for prototype runs of thousands of consumables.

  • Product Development Specialist at GenNext Technologies
    Mar 2018 - Oct 2021 · 3 yrs 8 mos

    Lead the realization of ground-breaking technologies for Hydroxyl Radical Protein Footprinting (HRPF)