Design Prototyper

About

Hey there πŸ‘‹ I’m Jordan White
a Design Prototyper with experience in software engineering, interaction design, hardware prototyping, and industrial design

 
In San Francisco, actively looking for the next opportunity 🌁
For opportunities, ideas, questions, or just to β€œsay hey” send me an email!



I love bringing new products to life, particularly physical products. I do my best work (and have the most fun) at the overlap of design and engineering. I firmly believe the best products are a result of designers understanding how to build what they are designing.

Almost all my work experience has been in startups or research studios where I have experience taking multiple ideas from 0 β†’ 1. This has trained me to handle ambiguity, limited resources, and figuring a lot of things out on my own.

Skills

Software Prototyping

Figma
Sketch
Play
Keynote
Screenflow
Principle
Illustrator
Premiere Pro

Physical Prototyping

Raspberry Pi
Pi Pico
Arduino
Fusion 360
3D Printing
Laser Cutting
Woodshop
Foam Core
Clay
Casting
Construction Carpentry
AC Wiring

Languages

Python
HTML / CSS / JS
Objective-C
Swift
SQLite
Processing
Java
Git

Experience

Design Prototyper | informal | San Francisco, CA | 2025
A freelance collective for people in hardware

Product Designer | Tasker AI | San Francisco, CA | 2024 - 2025
Led hardware design for a new AI personal assistant β€” backed by Y Combinator and Multicoin Capital

Founding Designer | Axon Acuity | Remote | 2023 - 2024
Designed 0 β†’ 1 software for hospital nurses to see patient acuity β€” was demoed to Duke, Adventist, and others

Design Researcher | Homeware Lab | Vancouver, BC | 2019 - 2022
Led 4 person team to design and build novel consumer electronics β€” published research at CHI and DIS

Shop Technician | Solid Space Lab | Vancouver, BC | 2019 - 2021
Operated laser cutters, 3D printers, and wood shop equipment

Co-Instructor | School of Interactive Arts + Technology at Simon Fraser University | Vancouver, BC | 2018 - 2019
IAT 333 Interaction Design Methods and IAT 336 Materials in Design

iOS Engineer (Intern) | Tilt (acquired by Airbnb) | San Francisco, CA | 2016
Shipped features in Objective-C and Swift

iOS Engineer (Intern) | Gannett (USA Today) | Tysons Corner, VA | 2014
Developed in Objective-C

YouTuber / Founder | Mac and Computer Help | 2008 - 2014
Created tutorials on Mac and Objective-C β€” over 17,000 subscribers and 5 million views

Education

M.Sc. Human-Computer Interaction
Simon Fraser University 
|  School of Interaction Arts + Technology  |  Vancouver, BC
β€’ Design Researcher in Homeware Lab and Everyday Design Studio
β€’ Thesis topic: Using Personal Location History Data to Design Products for Reminiscence

B.S. Computer Science  |  Minors: Industrial Design, Math
Virginia Tech
|  School of Engineering  |  Blacksburg, VA
β€’ VT Entrepreneur Club president | VTHacks founding organizer | Entrepreneurship Dorm mentor

2025 Learning

Memorable, LLC
Launching a startup to sell some of the hardware designs I’ve made over the past few years

SwiftUI
Learning SwiftUI while I ramp back up on iOS development

Digital Painting
Taking a summer online course on digital painting in Photoshop