Yash Patel

Yash Patel is an experienced engineering professional specializing in vehicle systems engineering, currently serving as a Senior Manager at Canoo since July 2021. Prior roles include manager and digital product systems engineer at Canoo, as well as systems engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, where an emphasis was placed on reliability, maintainability, and availability analysis. Yash's background also includes a summer research assistantship at the University of California, Riverside, and involvement in student-led initiatives, such as serving as treasurer for Highlander Racing and vice president for Cross Campus Entrepreneurs. A summer internship at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory involved developing scripts for image processing and analysis of hyperspectral images. Yash holds a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of California, Riverside.