Spin Master · Featured product
I led Puppyfly’s single-motor mechanical development from concept through production of 1M+ units
1M+Units produced
1 motorTwo-stage transformation
Mechanical product design engineer
Designing the mechanics behind the experience.
I’m Zander. I develop mechanisms and consumer products from early architecture through prototyping, validation, and production.
Senior Lead Mechanical Engineer at Spin Master · Bay Area
More projects
Product development, simulation, and tools I built to make design decisions clearer
Consumer product
Form studies, thermal analysis, and component integration for an insulated lunch container with a removable silicone food shuttle
Inclusive play
Seat and handle development, full-scale prototyping, and structural validation for a playground product sold worldwide
Design for manufacture
A compact playground spinner redesigned with vertical bolting and a two-part frame to simplify assembly and installation
Fluid-flow analysis
SolidWorks flow analysis comparing muffler configurations with and without a venturi at the same inlet condition
Independent side project · Research & software
A searchable tool I built to compare playground products by their mechanisms, motion, and types of play
See the working prototype
P&G · Manufacturing automation
A Bucknell senior-design team project combining cleaning trials, surface-damage evaluation, and a working prototype
Controls research
Overhead-camera tracking, Arduino actuation, and steering algorithms connected to physical vehicle experiments
How I work
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01 / Interaction
Understand the experience
Translate what a person needs to do, understand, or feel into concrete requirements for motion, geometry, access, and handling.
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02 / Architecture
Develop the system
Work through how the mechanism, materials, components, and manufacturing processes fit together in an approach that can be tested.
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03 / Physical evidence
Learn through making
Use prototypes, analysis, and real use to examine the design, then carry those findings into the next iteration and production details.