Rob Irwin

Rob Irwin has a diverse and extensive work experience in the field of mechanical engineering. Rob is currently working as the Head of Hardware at Standard Bots, a position they have held since December 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Rivian from March 2021 to December 2022, where they served as the Staff Mechanical Engineer. In this role, they led a team of 12 engineers in designing mechanical components and optimization studies for electrical hardware.

Before their time at Rivian, Rob worked at Terran Orbital Corporation from May 2020 to March 2021, first as the Lead Mechanical Engineer and later as the Senior Mechanical Design Engineer. At Terran Orbital, they designed spacecraft, including subsystem placement, stress analysis, and writing assembly/integration procedures. Rob also designed deployable Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) panels.

From November 2013 to July 2015, Rob worked as a Mechanical Engineer at NTS - National Technical Systems, performing structural and load path analysis and developing alternate designs for customer hardware. Prior to that, they worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory from December 2011 to November 2013 as a Mechanical Engineer, where they designed thermal and structural components for testing space telescope instruments and optimized structural columns. Rob also worked as a System Integration & Test Engineer at JPL from June 2010 to December 2011.

Rob's earlier experience includes working as a Research Assistant at Berkeley Composites Lab from June 2009 to May 2010, where they improved fabrication techniques and designed test mechanisms for carbon fiber booms. Rob also served as a Suspension/Steering/Chassis team member & senior advisor at CalSol (UC Berkeley Solar Vehicle team) from August 2008 to May 2010, contributing to the design and improvement of vehicle mechanical systems.

Rob Irwin completed their education history as follows:

- From 2005 to 2008, they attended Chabot College, where they pursued Pre-Engineering.

- From 2008 to 2010, they studied at the University of California, Berkeley, earning a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Mechanical Engineering.

- Finally, from 2011 to 2014, they attended UCLA, graduating with a Master's Degree in Engineering.