Freelance Mechanical Engineer @ Scoot Networks
I contracted as an ME at Scoot for about six months, up until the company was acquired by Bird. As vehicle development slowly migrated to Bird’s existing LA-based hardware team, contractors were the first to be put on pause at the San Francisco office. During my stint with Scoot, I designed a waterproof, injection molded enclosure for the telematics unit on the e-bicycle pictured below. I worked on some planning and design of a new vehicle concept. I built in-house accelerated life testing equipment for locking mechanisms and brake components. In between all of that, I machined and fabricated a bunch of prototype components, some jigs for PCBA programming, and a few fixtures for fleet modifications.
This IP-67 enclosure housed a telematics system which provides vehicle status and location data for a fleet of rideshare bicycles. At the start of the design, the electrical components and the available cavity under the bicycle basket were finalized. Constrained both by its contents and working volume, the enclosure was designed to meet all of the spacing and orientation requirements of the antennas.
Prototypes were made from 3D printed plastics along with 2-part cast silicone gaskets and then tested to confirm antenna connectivity, as well as water ingress protection.
