Adam Zumbado zumbado.a@northeastern.

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100 Commandants Way, Chelsea, MA 02150 603-502-7822
Portfolio: adam-zumbado.weebly.com | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/adam-zumbado-a2015b112

Education
Northeastern University | Boston, MA | Class of 2026
Candidate for Juris Doctorate
Hispanic National Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Institute Scholar (HNBA/VIA IPLI)
Activities: Latin American Law School Association Wellness Officer, Intellectual Property Society
1L Legal Skills Project: Create a legal guide for developing race-based housing programs in Boston.
Northeastern University | Boston, MA | Class of 2018
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Co-ops: Hutchinson Aerospace (7 mo.), Bosch Automotive (7 mo.), & Protonex (6 mo.)
Capstone Project: Create an infant mouth simulator to develop NNS solutions for infants with cleft palate.

Work Experience
Engineer II – Samsung | Austin, TX | September 2022 to May 2023
● Performed analysis of manufacturing equipment and procedures to optimize efficiency and mitigate risk
for product yield enhancement.
● Evaluated new equipment for integration and use in a new manufacturing facility in Taylor, TX.
● Coordinated efforts to troubleshoot failing or broken manufacturing equipment with a combination of
multiple engineering and manufacturing technician groups.
● Created test plans for analyzing the quality of new manufacturing procedures.
Systems Engineer – Plug Power | Concord, MA | March 2021 to August 2022
● Led certification of premiere product for compliance in hazardous and explosive atmosphere.
● Saved approximately $2.3M on first-year projected quantities of certified product components via
analysis of intellectual property and advanced sourcing.
● Served as the subject matter expert for Hydrogen dryers; advising technically on projects, maintaining
and developing partnering vendor relationships, and sourcing systems.
● Designed, documented, procured, built, wired, programmed, and tested a thermal soaking
manufacturing stand used in critical product line process providing increased through-put of all
products. Led subsequent builds of the manufacturing stand to meet future production projections while
also implementing cost savings and design improvements.
● Wrote code in Dynamic C to program thermal soaking manufacturing stand to accommodate simple
operator interface, to prevent user or program error, and to detect safety hazards.
● Managed in-house Machine Shop as Lab Captain and administered machining safety program.
Mechanical Engineer – Upstart Power | Southborough, MA | December 2018 to January 2021
● Coordinated collaborative efforts between Upstart Power and partnering suppliers for a refined product
design to meet ANSI/CSA FC1 standard and achieve product certification.
● Led product deployment in Puerto Rico performing all product installations, maintaining customer
relations in technical Spanish, and work site scheduling.
● Designed product assemblies and components using SolidWorks for fuel and air management with
consideration of fabrication, sourcing, and functionality with respect to overall system.
● Created MatLab scripts to process data collected from system and subsystems; and reported extracted
results and trends to customers and team.

Technical Skills
Applications: SolidWorks, PTC Creo 3.0, AutoCAD, MATLAB, UDA, Instron Bluehill & Wave Matrix,
Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, Objet Studios, Control Center, Insight
Languages: Dynamic C, MatLab, Octave, Excel VBA; Spanish (Spoken)
Fabrication: Lathe, water jet, 3D printer, laser cutter, band & table saw, shear press, handheld drills
Special Interests: Music production & recording with major label placement, released 2 instrumental
albums, 20 years of guitar expertise; frequent travel abroad; snowboarding & surfing