Race car
mwatkins1470@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineer & Designer

I aim to design real, reliable, and high-performing solutions with accuracy, clarity, and care for the real problem.

UCM25 Launch
Great products work
by understanding the real service conditions and applying appropriate factors of safety to components.
Force model preview
Strain gauge

I created the first validated suspension force model for the University of Canterbury Motorsport Team.

FSAE-A 2025 Champions

21 teams, 7 countries

UCM25
UCM25 trophies

I led the design of the suspension subsystem for the UCM25 team.

I aim to contribute to teams that create reliable, meaningful products that people depend on.

My experience leading the suspension subsystem for an internationally championship-winning FSAE team strengthened my ability to decompose complex engineering problems into actionable sub-problems while maintaining accuracy, clarity, and coherence.

Playing junior representative cricket at a national-winning level strengthened my appreciation for how team culture directly shapes the quality of the final outcome.

I am currently completing graduate rotations through engineering, manufacturing, sales, and operations at an industry-leading company that designs tailored post-harvest vegetable processing solutions.

This broad exposure has provided a comprehensive perspective on the full product lifecycle - from a customer’s initial problem through design, scaling, and all the way to the end of a product’s life.

An avid reader, I continue to design and build personal projects in my free time.

I have been fortunate to work with the following teams:

UCM25 team
Engineering: 2025 UCM25 FSAE-A International Champions
UCM24 team
Engineering: 2024 UCM24 team 6th Place at FSAE-A
PNBHS cricket team
Cricket: 2018 New Zealand Junior Secondary School Boys' National Champions
Manawatu cricket team
Cricket: 2020 Under 17 Central Districts Regional Champions. This team was coached by Palmerston North's fire chief.

Personal Projects

Plantar box
Plantar Box
Glider
Glider

FSAE-A 2024

UCM24 design event
Design Event
UCM24 auxiliary port
Auxiliary Port