Batam, Indonesia

Juwen Lie

R&D Mechanical Engineer · Consumer Electronics

I take IP cameras and CCTV from EVT to mass production — mechanical DVT, root-cause analysis and design — and build software and AI tools on the side.

01 — About

Hardware engineer who also ships software

R&D Mechanical Engineer in consumer electronics with an aerospace engineering background. I lead mechanical DVT and NPI for IP cameras and CCTV — reliability validation, root-cause analysis and design — while building software and AI systems on the side.

I care about product quality, systems thinking, and turning ambiguity into shipped, efficient outcomes.

Focus
DVT, NPI, failure analysis, tolerance stack-up
Tools
SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Python, JavaScript
Languages
English (IELTS 7.5), Indonesian, Mandarin
More work
bio.site/juw — earlier projects & experiments
Engineering workspace flat lay with calipers, micrometre and CAD on a laptop
Reliability engineering, measurement and CAD workflow

02 — Experience

Where I’ve worked

  1. R&D Mechanical Engineer

    Electronics manufacturing · Employer details shared privately

    Nov 2023 – Present
    • Lead mechanical DVT for IPX6/IPX7 IP camera and CCTV programmes: water leakage, focus/SFR, lens-holder, antenna and cable routing, acoustic, and spring/pin mechanisms.
    • Manage 6–12 month EVT-to-MP programmes and 2–3 concurrent Wi-Fi projects (1–3 SKUs each).
    • Lead root-cause analysis of production-impacting issues using measurements, tolerance stack-up and DOE-style comparison; define short- and long-term fixes.
    • Lead a team of 2 engineers; mentored 5–7 in NPI, FA, measurement and part approval.
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    • Coordinate PM, ME, EE, RF, quality, factory and suppliers; lead customer talks and plan rework/redesigns.
    • Develop 3D/2D designs in SolidWorks, build 3D-printed mockups, verify assembly and write assembly SOPs.
    • Manage plastic/metal parts, shielding, heat spreaders, gaskets, Mylar, die-cut liners and film; run HSF/material approval and second-source activities.
    • Support QSA/QPA and ISO 9001 supplier audits; prepare FA reports and technical recommendations.
    • International R&D assignment in Suzhou, China.
    • DVT
    • NPI
    • RCA
    • SolidWorks
    • Supplier quality
  2. Mechanical & Fabrication Engineer

    PT Anugerah Tirta Indonesia · Indonesia

    Aug 2023 – Oct 2023
    • Coordinated water-tank projects, schedules, BOM and stock across Indonesia, plus pipe installation for new housing.
    • Prepared Bill of Quantity cost calculations, drew trash-rack cutting plans and analysed installation costs.
    • Coordinated Chinese-language communication between China-based vendors and Indonesian project teams.
    • BOM / BoQ
    • Fabrication
    • Cost analysis

03 — Projects

Selected work

Engineering work and the tools I build. Click any card for details; software opens live as App, Web or Mobile.

Technical illustration of a dome and bullet security camera
Engineering

IP Camera & CCTV Mechanical DVT

Mechanical DVT for IP cameras and CCTV — IPX6/IPX7 sealing, focus/SFR, acoustics and mechanisms, EVT to MP.

DVT IPX6/IPX7 RCA tolerance stack-up SolidWorks
Consumer electronic device with Wi-Fi module and enclosure
Engineering

NPI Program Leadership & Team

Led 6–12 month EVT-to-MP programmes across 2–3 concurrent Wi-Fi projects; led 2 engineers and mentored 5–7.

NPI EVT→MP cross-functional mentoring
ME R&D Toolkit dashboard with NPI flow, checklists, calculators and lessons quick-access tiles
Engineering

ME R&D Toolkit

Offline workspace for mechanical R&D — NPI task flow, review checklists, issue log and 11 engineering calculators.

NPI checklists Cpk PWA offline-first
Kobo-chan: a 100 mm solid figurine revised for Form 3, shown from the front and three-quarter view
CAD & 3D

3D Models Library

41 landmark and character miniatures as STL/STEP, including a 100 mm Kobo-chan figurine revised for Form 3 SLA.

CadQuery SOMA OpenCASCADE Form 3 / SLA 3D printing STL STEP miniatures
Vertex: a dark 3D engineering workspace with a fitted part in a viewport, a ranked repair plan, a universal adapter strip (Fusion, SOLIDWORKS, FreeCAD, Blender, open formats) and review-gated export/apply steps
CAD & 3D

Vertex

Offline parametric CAD and engineering copilot that repairs models, checks clearances and exports STL, 3MF and DXF.

parametric CAD model repair simulation offline-first
Airiz Motor Test Console dashboard: command library, serial console and macro notepad for AIRIZ device motor testing
Automation

Airiz Motor

AIRIZ motor-test console for Windows, Android, iPhone and web — USB or Bluetooth jog, motor stop, LEDs and macros.

Windows app Web Serial Bluetooth control macro runner offline demo
Glow: GlowChat council with a Judge, part of the Glow ecosystem with GlowRoom
AI

Glow

Three AI apps on one free account — GlowLead plans goals, GlowChat compares models, GlowRoom researches and codes.

AI ecosystem GlowLead GlowChat GlowRoom AI agents orchestrator
Twin 1.5: redesigned Home, TwinAgent Buy verdict with evidence score, risk gate with practice-trade plan, and AAPL stock page
Apps

Twin

Investing companion with a five-analyst AI research team, global stock search, paper trading and a replay lab.

TwinAgent multi-agent research global markets multi-currency paper trading guest mode PWA Alpaca API
Fade 2.0 screens: home with trending barbers, a haircut short with a paid-partnership tag, and creator earnings, using fictional demo data
Apps

Fade

Barber marketplace with haircut shorts — book, pay and tip barbers, and earn commission when your short drives a booking.

PWA haircut shorts creator commissions Python + SQLite
Sweep turning a plain-words idea into a Build, Grow and Earn plan — a guided intake, an idea brief, a generated capability matrix, a Definition of Done checklist, a scaffold file tree and a project catalog
AI

Sweep

Turns a rough app idea into a scored spec, task board and launch plan, then hands it to Cursor, v0 or Claude Code.

spec score task board 1-click handoff offline agent
Loka in dark mode: English and Traditional Chinese text, a Light mode toggle, context and a local model selector
AI

Loka

Private, offline Windows translator for English, Chinese and Bahasa Indonesia, running on a local Ollama model.

offline translation Ollama Windows multilingual
Shortcraft: two 9:16 explainer frames, a light editorial step tracker and a dark CCTV teardown, next to the Shortcraft title
Creator Tools

Shortcraft

Browser studio for faceless explainer shorts — script, voice, captions and 1080×1920 MP4 export with auto-posting.

video captions auto-post Bahasa Indonesia
Sped 1.4 shorts editor with a 9:16 preview, timeline and post panel, using synthetic audio fixtures
Creator Tools

Sped

Turns your own songs into sped-up, slowed or mashup 9:16 shorts with captions for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.

Web Audio 9:16 video export TikTok / Reels / Shorts PWA
Hazel studio generating a video from a prompt, with character casting, scene choice, length and size controls, a storyboard and a timeline
Creator Tools

Hazel

Desktop creator studio: generate a video from a prompt, refine it and publish to every platform at once.

AI video multi-platform publish bulk upload backup
Abstract geometric visualization of communication and identity networks
Apps

Orbis

Offline-first personal hub for replies, commitments and summaries on a zero-dependency Python + SQLite backend.

Python SQLite PWA offline-first
Peers app feed screen showing verified reviews
Apps

Peers

Offline-first review app across 32 categories, from food to AI tools, with a quick Use it / Wait / Skip scorecard.

PWA reviews 32 categories offline-first
Guang Yao Together desktop: today's goal, newest official lessons and the study dashboard
Apps

Guang Yao Together · 光耀同行

Unofficial Traditional Chinese learning app for 發一光耀 with lessons, an AI study companion and spaced review.

PWA accounts + guest mode admin console AI study companion Traditional Chinese
House of Articles sneaker news and athlete moments feature
Apps

House of Articles

Sneaker news meets market data — links athletes’ on-court moments to resale price moves.

sneakers market data JSON prototypes
Sync listening room with a synced now-playing card, cross-service queue and party voice chat
Apps

Sync

Listen to music together in real time across Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube, with voice chat and no account.

WebRTC real-time sync voice chat cross-service PWA
Mint: prompt a spreadsheet template, tweak it, sell it — prompt box with Mint AI and the prompt, tweak, sell flow
Creator Tools

Mint

Describe a spreadsheet, tweak it in plain words, export a working .xlsx and sell it on a built-in marketplace.

Template marketplace Workers AI Cloudflare Workers Excel / Sheets Affiliate program
Mach number along a diverging nozzle: analytical solution compared with Roe, preconditioned, Steger-Warming and Van Leer schemes
Engineering

Bachelor Thesis: Preconditioned CFD for a Supersonic Nozzle

Derived a Weiss–Smith preconditioner for the 1-D Euler equations and coded a Fortran MUSCL–Roe nozzle solver.

CFD Fortran Euler equations MUSCL / Roe preconditioning
Industrial water tank fabrication and pipe installation
Engineering

Industrial Water-Tank Fabrication

Coordinated water-tank fabrication end to end: schedules, BOM, cost models, cutting plans and pipe installation.

BOM BoQ fabrication cost analysis
Outlook Archiver daemon: Inbox and Sent mail flowing into an Archives PST, with a desktop toast and activity log
Automation

Outlook Archiver

Windows background service that logs, notifies and auto-archives Outlook Inbox and Sent mail to a PST.

Python pywin32 Outlook COM automation

04 — Skills

What I work with

Mechanical

  • SolidWorks (3D/2D)
  • AutoCAD
  • Tolerance stack-up
  • Plastic injection
  • Thermal

Validation

  • Failure analysis
  • Root-cause analysis
  • DOE-style comparison
  • CMM/OMM measurement

Process

  • BOM
  • PLM/SRM/ECN
  • RFQ & suppliers
  • Part approval
  • QSA/QPA
  • ISO 9001

Software & Tech

  • Python
  • HTML/CSS/JavaScript
  • SQLite
  • Systems design

Languages

  • English (IELTS 7.5)
  • Indonesian (native)
  • Mandarin (working)

05 — Education

Education

Tamkang University, Taiwan

B.Eng. Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering

2018 – 2022
  • Honours GPA 3.847/4.0 · ranked 5 of 76
  • Research Preconditioning method for 1D Euler equations on a diverging nozzle, benchmarked against Roe, Van Leer and Steger-Warming; proposal on numerical simulation of two-phase flow in geothermal wells.

06 — Contact

Let’s talk

Open to conversations about hardware R&D, NPI and engineering tools. CV available privately on request.

Email me LinkedIn GitHub

juwen12006@gmail.com