HUANG J.
Mechanical Design Engineer | Sheet Metal DFM | Taiwan Factory Sourcing
I take sheet-metal and stamped parts from 3D CAD to mass production, and I can get them made for you in Taiwan. I've done it for Gogoro and international automakers: 3D models and drawings, prototyping, progressive-die tooling, and on through mass production. I work with factories here every day, so I can review your design for manufacturability before you pay for tooling, and talk to the toolmaker in their own language. DESIGN + MANUFACTURING, ONE CONTACT If you're overseas and need a part designed and built, I can handle both ends: • Design the part with DFM built in, then get quotes from Taiwanese sheet-metal, stamping, CNC and injection shops • Manage prototypes and first-article samples, inspect them (ZEISS 3D scanning, dimensional checks) and report back • Handle tooling reviews, supplier communication in Mandarin, and production follow-up on your behalf You deal with one engineer instead of a factory sales desk and a translator. MECHANICAL & MANUFACTURING • Sheet-metal design, progressive-die stamping and tooling design • DFM/DFA reviews, material and part selection, cost analysis, process optimization • 3D CAD and production-ready 2D drawings: Onshape, PTC Creo Parametric, Fusion 360, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Plasticity • Set up a stamping plant's R&D on cloud parametric CAD (Onshape) and ZEISS INSPECT 3D variance analysis; ZEISS CMM, 3D scanning, reverse engineering, dimensional inspection • Engineering documentation: part numbering, drawing standards, BOM rules, revision control, shared material libraries • Automotive quality systems: IATF 16949, ISO 9001, AIAG-VDA FMEA, customer-specific requirements, quality manuals • Shop-floor side: tube bending, welding, jig design, robot-arm programming, cycle-time and capacity planning INDUSTRIAL DESIGN & VISUALIZATION • Concept sketching from paper to VR: 2D and 3D sketches in Gravity Sketch on Meta Quest 3, so you can walk around a form before it's modeled • 2D views or sketches into production-ready 3D: surface modeling in Plasticity, parametric work in Onshape/Creo • Photoreal product renders and environment shots in Blender for pitches, listings and investor decks UI/UX & GRAPHIC DESIGN • Figma wireframes, prototypes and design systems: from Industry 4.0 HMI/dashboard screens to consumer-electronics companion apps • I can also build what I design: native iOS and Android apps (TR 下一班 is live on the App Store) • Branding and marketing graphics in Affinity: logos, banners, sales and promo posters, product one-pagers ELECTRONICS & EMBEDDED • KiCad schematic and PCB design • ESP32 development, including using an ESP32 as an SPI flash programmer to recover an eFuse-locked device • PX4 flight-controller integration; I've built and flown many of my own drones, including an autonomous bird-scaring patrol drone (MediaTek IoT contest award, 2016) PATENTS • Prior-art searching across TIPO/GPSS, USPTO, EPO, WIPO and CNIPA • Drafting patent specifications and claims (TIPO format); one sheet-metal connection node application in preparation SOFTWARE, WHEN YOUR PRODUCT NEEDS IT • TypeScript/JavaScript, Swift, SQL; Next.js, React, Node.js/Express; REST APIs, JWT auth • PostgreSQL, Prisma, MongoDB, DuckDB, Redis/BullMQ; Docker, GitHub Actions, Turborepo, Cloudflare, AWS • iOS (App Store Connect) and Android (Firebase, Google Play) • AI: Claude Code and the Claude API in daily development, RAG chatbots with Dify, custom MCP servers • Currently building PRISO, an online quoting platform for sheet-metal manufacturing RECOGNITION • 1st Place, International Exhibition for Young Inventors (IEYI), India, 2018 — CV3 desktop CNC • 1st Place, Taichung Innovation Design Competition, 2020 • 1st Place (team), Taiwan Student Formula League — founder and team manager, NYCU Vulpes Racing (Formula SAE) • Realtek Ameba Special Award, Smart City Application Service Design Contest, 2016 • Honorable Mention, MediaTek IoT Development Contest, 2016 CERTIFICATIONS Occupational Safety and Health Supervisor (Class A, 2025); TQC Basic Part Design Certification, 3D CAD (2021); Technician Certificates in Industrial Electronics and Computer Software Application (2016); PTC Creo Parametric course (2016); Autodesk ATC course in AutoCAD and Fusion 360 (2016). EDUCATION Bachelor of Design, NYCU Arete Honors Program (industrial design, mechanical engineering, electronics, business). Master's program in Industrial Design at NCKU, in progress. Send me your drawings or a rough sketch and I'll tell you how I'd get it made, and what it would cost to make here.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 2, the fewest it counts (since Oct 2026)
Read daily since Oct 27, under 30 days
Billed in all: $1,115$1.1k
$1.1k in the last 6 months
Earnings, last 30 days
Tracked from Oct 27, 2026.
Skill rankings: Top 14% in Blender
Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
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