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EDUCATION
Stanford University Stanford, CA
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering March 2013
Depth in Mechatronics, GPA: 3.9/4.0
RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Mechanical: Product Design, Machining and Manufacturing, Mechanics and Materials, Dynamics, Controls,
Thermal-Fluids, FEA
Electrical: Mechatronics , Measurement and Instrumentation, Circuits and Electronics
Software: Programming, Robotics Science and Systems
EXPERIENCE
Mechanical Engineer, Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA March 2014 - Present
R&D Contractor January 2013 March 2014
Developed novel sensors for surgical tools using Solidworks.
Designed backend assembly of the surgical tool and worked with manufacturers to cost optimize in high
volumes (100k/year).
Implemented test procedures and developed fixturing to mitigate risks from FMEA.
COURSE PROJECTS
Mechatronics Industrial Project Fall 2012
Partnered with Volkswagen to develop a solution for aligning inductive coils for wireless charging of
electric vehicles.
Programmed microcontroller in C++ to read range data from ultrasonic sensors and calculate the
positioning of a vehicle in a parking spot.
LEADERSHIP
Team Captain, MIT Wrestling Team 2009-2011
Eagle Scout, San Jose Troop 611 2007
Grant Kadokura
gkadokura@gmail.com
SKILLS
CAD/Software SolidWorks, GibbsCam, Protel DXP, Eagle
Fabrication CNC, mill, lathe, rapid prototyping, working with machine shops
Programming Java, Python, C/C++, MATLAB, Arduino