Quincy Edmund Lee

Founder & CEO at Electric Era | Former 7 Year SpaceX Engineer Unblocking the 100 year old grid to power up the 21st century economy

Seattle, Washington, United States

About

Quincy is the CEO and Founder of Electric Era, a company dedicated to powering a dynamic, electrified economy that is being held back by 20th century energy infrastructure. Electric Era propels the worlds most power intensive applications from data centers to EV fast charging. Before founding Electric Era, Quincy led the Gateway Ground Station Antenna program for SpaceX Starlink, where he was one of the earliest team members. Prior to joining SpaceX in 2014, he was an All-American and Olympic Trial qualifying swimmer at Ohio State, specializing in butterfly and freestyle.

Experience

  • Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Electric Era
    Jul 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 1 mo

    Electric Era propels the worlds most power intensive applications from data centers to EV fast charging.

  • SpaceX (6 yrs 7 mos)
    • Manager of Starlink Gateways
      Sep 2019 - Jul 2020 · 11 mos

      Responsible for the global rollout, system architecture, and business outcome of the Starlink Gateway Antenna Ground Stations

    • Lead Mechanical Engineer
      Apr 2018 - Dec 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Structural Test Engineer, Satellite Development
      Apr 2016 - Dec 2019 · 3 yrs 9 mos

      I am responsible for the development of the Mechanical Engineering team's test and manufacturing equipment infrastructure for SpaceX's development Satellite program. I specialize in mechanical system design and development, structural analysis, mechatronics and automation, data acquisition systems, shock, structural and vibrational test engineering and instrumentation.

  • Graduate Research Assistant / Graduate Teaching Assistant at Oregon State University
    Sep 2012 - Dec 2013 · 1 yr 4 mos