Calixto Luchavez

MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Skills Overview

Calix is a mechanical engineer with extensive experience in design and development. He is a detail-oriented mechanical design engineer with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, offering comprehensive expertise across the entire product lifecycle—from initial design concept to production or commissioning.

PRODUCT DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT – Calix has experience in design and development across diverse industries, including high-volume commercial products, industrial systems, and low-volume, high-complexity equipment. He has extensive experience throughout the full product development lifecycle—from concept development and detailed design to prototyping, validation, and transition to manufacturing or mass production.
MECHANICAL DESIGN – Calix possesses strong mechanical design expertise, with the ability to develop components optimised for a wide range of manufacturing processes. He has experience designing precision motion systems, pneumatic systems, and thermal systems. His design work covers machining, injection molding, casting, sheet metal forming, and 3D printing, ensuring that solutions are not only functional but also efficient, reliable, and practical to manufacture.
DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY, ASSEMBLY & SERVICEABILITY – Calix is highly proficient in Design for Excellence (DFX), consistently incorporating principles of manufacturability, assembly efficiency, and serviceability into his designs. He applies best practices to optimise product designs for streamlined manufacturing processes, simplified assembly, and improved maintenance accessibility throughout the product lifecycle.
COMPUTER AIDED-DESIGN – Calix has extensive experience in computer-aided design using SolidWorks and Siemens NX for 3D modeling, assembly design, and detailed engineering drawings. He also uses SolidWorks Simulation for engineering analysis, including Finite Element Analysis (FEA), thermal analysis, and frequency analysis to support the design process.

Caliber has experience in the Aerospace industry

Caliber Design has experience in the Biofuel industry

PERSONAL STATEMENT

I am a Mechanical Design Engineer with extensive experience across diverse industries, including high-volume commercial products, low-volume, high-complexity industrial printers, and the ground-up development of life science instruments—from concept through to manufacturing. I am particularly passionate about the design process, especially in the early conceptual stages, where I enjoy solving complex engineering challenges and translating them into practical, efficient, and elegant solutions.

Outside of engineering, I value spending quality time with my family. We enjoy exploring the outdoors, going on road trips, or simply taking a relaxed Saturday morning drive in search of a good coffee.

Project Experience

VENTURE CORPORATION (SINGAPORE)

Cell Analysis Machine

While working as a Mechanical Design Engineer at Venture, I supported a client developing a new cell analysis machine based on innovative technology. I was responsible for the design and development of precision motion systems requiring micron-level precision and accuracy, as well as designing the structural framework supporting the opto-mechanical systems to ensure stability and precise alignment. Using SolidWorks Simulation, I optimised the structural design to minimise vibration and ensure the optical systems remained stable and unaffected by external disturbances.

I delivered complete mechanical design documentation, including detailed 3D models, fully annotated 2D engineering drawings, and subsystem Bills of Materials (BOM), and conducted validation activities to verify that the designed systems met the required performance specifications. My involvement spanned the full product development lifecycle, from conceptual design and development through validation and manufacturing release.

Digital PCR

I worked with a client developing a Digital PCR system, with responsibility for the design and development of the positive pressure system, motion system, and product enclosure. The positive pressure system was designed to maintain consistent internal pressure throughout the workflow to ensure stable operating conditions, while the motion system carried the imaging module and delivered precise, reliable movement during operation. I contributed to the project through to release to manufacturing.

My deliverables included detailed 3D models and fully annotated 2D engineering drawings. I worked closely with the manufacturing team to ensure a smooth transition from development to production, helping resolve design and assembly issues during the process.

ZIMPLISTIC INVENTIONS

Kitchen Appliance

I worked as a Mechanical Design Engineer at Zimplistic and was involved in the early development of an automated kitchen appliance. I was responsible for the design and development of the flour dispensing and liquid dispensing units, ensuring reliable and consistent ingredient delivery during operation.

I also redesigned the kicker mechanism to make it removable, allowing users to easily detach it for cleaning and maintenance. My work included concept generation for various mechanisms, building prototypes, conducting testing, and performing design evaluations to validate performance and usability.

LEXMARK

Printers

I worked as a Mechanical Hardware Engineer responsible for the design and development of components and mechanisms for laser printers, contributing to the design of the gearbox assembly and paper alignment systems of the optional tray to ensure reliable and accurate media transport during printing. As part of the development process, I performed engineering studies and analyses on the designed components and modules, including stress analysis using Finite Element Analysis (FEA), tolerance analysis, and Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) to ensure product reliability and performance.

I also conducted functional testing, reliability testing, and life-cycle testing on the designed components to validate that they met the required performance and durability specifications.

D&K ENGINEERING (SINGAPORE)

Industrial Printers

At D&K Engineering, I worked with clients developing high-speed industrial printers and modular printing systems. My role initially focused on supporting the transition of a high-speed industrial printer from design to manufacturing, where I assisted in resolving design and assembly issues to ensure stable production and worked closely with suppliers to ensure parts and components were fabricated and delivered to specification. As part of this work, I designed a new aerosol extraction module to improve the removal of airborne particulates generated during high-speed printing operations.

For the modular printer project, I was involved in the early conceptualisation and development of the system, assembling and building prototype units, conducting experiments and testing, and evaluating designs to ensure they met the required performance specifications. I also travelled to the customer’s site to commission the first prototype and ensure it was operating as intended.