Melvin Lu

Background

About Melvin Lu

Total 18+ years of experience on leading product development teams and system mechanical design, spanning across notebook, tablet, desktop, workstation, and AIO. • Strong ability in leading multiple NPI engineering platform resources across Dell/ODM’s/Technology Providers, with proven history to achieve complex product development requirements including schedule/feature/cost management, through problem solving, executive communication, and cross functional alignment spanning Solution Teams (Ex: ME, Tooling, ID, EE, RF, Thermal, Software, BIOS, OS, Commodities, Validation, Regulatory, etc.), and Platform Core Teams (Ex: Global operation engineering, Worldwide procurement, Marketing, Service, Quality, Experience design, Finance, and Program/Project management). • Total 12+ years of experience and expertise in leading/designing mechanical engineering projects spanning across consumer/commercial products, including high-volume products, premium consumer products, and competitive cost driven products. Experienced on leading mechanical and coordinating extended engineering teams (Ex: Tooling, Shock & Vibration, Simulation, etc.) to successfully deliver the goals for schedule, product design features, product cost, product quality, and production parts and system assembly ramp rate on programs. • Leading and supporting initiatives to drive product development efficiency and competitiveness through sharing the best practice, and co-working with software team to facilitate the product development tools digitalization.