Jameson Tai

I lead a team of nine test engineers and engineering technicians in charge of test engineering, execution, and planning of electromechanical auxiliary systems and battery cell mechanics for the Iron-Air battery energy storage system.

• Utilized Jama Connect to use a data-first approach to map product requirements and risk management to test coverage.
• Utilized Jira, SmartSheet, Lucid, and in-house tools to translate global test execution priorities to drive execution, resource, and capacity planning.
• Increased test execution efficiency and throughput by 3X within the first 12 months.
• Increased team's areas of responsibilities to expand to pack systems, interface testing and isolation/abuse testing.

• Led five person engineering and technician team with specialization in thermal and mechanical engineering.
• Provided technical guidance to test engineers and engineering technicians on test planning, procedures, instrumentation, data analysis, and reporting.
• Designed a custom end-to-end testing platform (coupon, fixture, machinery and test method) per ASTM D5470 to evaluate thermal interface materials for compression, durability, reliability, reworkability, and long-term performance - combining mechanical and thermal testing campaigns into clear test reports.
• Optimized TIM Performance Testing project by highlighting critical paths for parallel development of test dependencies. This successfully shortened the testing time by 6 months (46%) to meet development schedule.
• Managed fleet-style computer data center cooling platform testing, including liquid-cooling conversion.
• Authored and standardized 16 internal test methods in mechanical, thermal, environmental testing, and failure analysis techniques shared by R&D and Reliability engineering teams.
• Owned component-level performance testing, fixture fabrication, and validation of custom and COTS systems on a chip (SoCs) autonomous driving computer systems and distributed computing electronics modules.
• Defined hardware/software testing, diagnostic, and operational engineering requirements (JAMA) with cross-functional teams, driving requirements and intent into actionable deliverables, impact, accountability.

• Led four-person engineering and technician team with specialization in thermal test engineering.
• Established the Thermal and Mechanical Engineering Test Laboratory and owned performance and reliability/durability testing, fabrication, verification and validation of autonomous driving computer systems, networking modules, custom silicon, AV sensor projects and initiatives.
• Established engineering technician training in Mechanical CAD (Siemens NX, SOLIDWORKS), technical reference libraries (GMW, ASTM, ISO/IEC Standards), and testing instrumentation/software training (LabView, IPEMotion).
• Created in-house testing standards for thermal interface material reworkability with subsystem level process surface coating treatments of thermal interface materials.
• Granted US Patent: Azizian, R.; Tai, J.; Schlotterbeck, B; Ko, Y.; Damaraju, S.; Stefanoski, Z. GM Cruise LLC. Autonomous Vehicle Computing Device with Barrier Layer, US Patent 011778722B2. Issued 03 Oct 2023.
• Participated in desert test track testing of in-development autonomous vehicle platforms.
• Designed two additional thermal and mechanical test engineering laboratories at proposed satellite sites with capital equipment sourcing, procurement, and facilities/construction requirements.

• Contributed to the successful launch of the first-generation Cruise Autonomous Vehicle (2022) by identifying thermal margin mitigation strategies and performing Design of Experiments (DoE) to replicate failure modes on critical components using CAN FD and LIN based test devices.
• Collaborated in fleet retrofits to replace and install compute hardware, liquid cooling components, and sensors.
• Evaluated and improved AV sensor covers and solar shields to meet a limited thermally-constrained design.
• Developed innovative in-house testing methods and fixtures (Solidworks) for bespoke liquid-cooling and forced air cooling solutions, optimizing pressure, flow, and temperature performance for autonomous vehicle systems.
• Developed custom thermal testing techniques for articulating and stationary autonomous vehicle sensor pods with RADAR, LiDAR, color cameras, and infrared (thermal) cameras in exotic environmental conditions.
• Owned component level to system level performance characterization of in-vehicle electronics modules for performance, durability, and reliability (sub-zero performance degradation, condensation, and thermal margin).
• Established operational margins of various liquid-cooling components for pressure and flow characterization.

• Successfully implemented automated QC inspection methodology using optical comparators, which directly resulted in 85% reduction in part inspection times, 40% reduction of overall Incoming Inspection turnaround.
• Conducted R&D failure mode studies on hazards identification and reasonably misuses per ISO 14971.
• Utilized assorted quality tools to measure performance and identify areas of improvement.
• Applied ISO 13485 and IEC 60601 by investigating & auditing device history, failure modes, nonconforming materials, and CAPAs. Successfully closed 8 CAPA investigations within 3 months.
• Supported product development, verification and validation test activities, & Engineering Change Orders.

• Led thermal testing and evaluation of a vapor chamber cooling solution with a software-controlled thermal engine for the Razer Phone 2, ensuring optimal cooling performance with python scripts.
• Spearheaded project management of all in-box accessories development for Razer Phone 2.
• Owned speaker EQ tuning and achieved Dolby ATMOS and THX audio certification for Razer Phone 2.
• Owned wired and wireless power delivery testing (QuickCharge 4+, USB-PD, 15W Qi), thermals, charging speeds, and cross-compatibility.
• Owned post-launch Early Field Failure Analysis (EFFA) program on all technical RMAs Razer Phone 2 and Razer Wireless Charger with Razer Chroma. Directed ODM investigations for root cause & continuous improvement.
• Traveled to wireless carrier test sites for first article inspections of the Razer Phone 2.
• Tested and developed the Project Linda CES Concept, a laptop dock for the Razer Phone with a motorized USB-C docking mechanism.
• Actively modified signals and firmware level changes to Project Linda, a CES 2018 concept, specifically to its secondary display capabilities and Chroma keyboard backlight integration.
• Developed thermal systems test plans and protocols, data analysis, and simulation correlation.
• Hardware thermal solution characterization and testing (SoC > heat pipe > mid-frame > environment).
• Software thermal engine solution and dynamic behavior characterization (Android development).
• Defined requirements of THX audio certification on the USB-C digital audio adapter (audio dongle).
• Created and developed the Early Field Failure Analysis (EFFA) program on all technical RMAs for Razer Phone, and performed continuous improvement techniques to correct and refine the product over time.