Jessica Chiu
Product Designer + Mechanical Engineer
“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.”
― Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Clients:
Daimler AG, Mercedes-Benz, Wilbur Labs, AutoDesk, Siemens, ZS Associates, Amgen, Sentilink, Emojme App, Hitch App, Evy Health, Genomic Health, Multitudes
Featured Press:
Popular Science, Huffington Post, GQ, The Verge, Yahoo Tech, Quartz, FAST Co, California Magazine, Cult of Mac, Tech Times, Newsweek, PSFK
Experience
- Cast member on Gold Rush S10 (2019) at Discovery Channel
- Senior Product Design Contractor at ZS Associates (2018)
- Product Design Contractor at Mercedes-Benz R&D (2018)
- Cofounder at HEXA Venture Studio (2018)
- Product Design/ Engineering Intern at Mercedes-Benz R&D (2017)
- Engineering Intern at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (2016)
- Lab Technician at CITRIS Invention Lab, UC Berkeley (2015)
- Extern at NASA Ames Research Center (2013)
Education
- BS Mechanical Engineering at University of California, Berkeley
Awards
- 2019
- KP Design Fellow Finalist, Kleiner Perkins
- 2018
- Thiel Fellowship Finalist, Thiel Foundation
- 2016
- Innovation by Design Award, FAST Company
- 2014
- K.P.A.A. Scholarship, Kaiser Permanente