Experience

May 2024 - Present

Lead electro-optical systems engineering work across product and program needs.
Partner across multidisciplinary teams to translate system requirements into testable technical execution plans.
Drive technical rigor across modeling, validation, and integration workflows for complex hardware systems.

May 2021 - May 2024

Lead technical initiatives across sensor programs, including flexible neural probes, redistribution layer technologies on unconventional substrates, and accelerometer-related efforts.
Manage project scope and budgets, partnering with sales and customers to define statements of work and deliverables.
Built a dedicated test team inside process integration to improve interdisciplinary execution and accelerate program outcomes.
Developed an automated probe handling workflow with a custom laser probing mechanism to improve measurement consistency and test efficiency.
Strengthened metrology and quality workflows through image analysis, ellipsometry, and data-driven process controls.
Improved data management and SPC-aligned practices to support faster and more reliable engineering decisions.

Sep 2020 - May 2021

Developed high-power laser systems and characterization setups for 980 nm and 1550 nm platforms.
Performed stray light analysis and thermal modeling to guide design decisions and test priorities.
Served as lead engineer in passive coherent locking work using ridge lasers in an external Talbot cavity.

Aug 2016 - Sep 2020

Led R&D workstreams for cost-effective dTOF lidar products.
Built and validated optical link budget models across laser and detector configurations with lab verification.
Designed illumination systems and optical calibration benches for development and production transition.
Managed international supplier engagement for safety-critical optical components.
Supported transfer to larger-scale manufacturing with OEM partners.

Programming and Analysis: Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, C++, pandas, scikit-learn
Statistical and Quality Methods: MSA, SPC, DFMEA, PFMEA, Minitab, JMP
Optics and Modeling: Zemax (sequential and non-sequential), camera systems
Engineering and Manufacturing: MEMS process integration, lithography, deposition, dry and wet etch, metrology
Design and Program Tools: SolidWorks, CATIA, MS Project

BS Physics, UC Santa Barbara
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
UCSB Nanofab trained
Coursework: Introduction to Lens Design (UC Irvine), Micro and Nanofabrication (edX)

Granted: Detection of damage to optical element of illumination system (US 11,624,836 B2, Apr 2023)
Granted: Lidar sensor assembly (US D969,630 S, Nov 2022)
Granted counterpart to listed filing: Method of making and using a reusable mold for fabrication of optical elements (US 11,745,453 B2; filing listed as US20210276291A1)
Published filing: Detection of damage to the optical element of a lighting system (DE 11 2020 003 186 T5)

Jacob Bergam