Luke Ogoshi

Mechanical Engineer

Born and raised in Hawaii, came to Seattle for college and stayed to work here. Interned at VICIS as a test and prototyping engineer, 3D printed helmet pads and smashed them to test the performance. First job out of college was at Picnic Works, a food automation start up that produced a pizza assembling robot. Started there as a test engineer, testing hardware, software and ingredients. Built test stands and automated a lot of data acquisition. Then became a mechanical engineer and started doing more design and prototyping and cycle testing.

Luke Ogoshi2025

Questions & Answers

How do you make people laugh?

I like to keep things light in conversation and crack jokes when I see the opportunity.

If you were a tool or piece of equipment, what would you be and why?

A milling machine, its maybe pretty basic, but very capable and versatile.

What's your favorite productivity hack or time-saving trick?

Hanging up your clothes when you shower to steam it at the same time.