Hello, I'm Erik MacLennan
Systems engineer, consultant, and co-founder. I build hardware and software for medical devices, wearable robotics, and agtech.
Vancouver, Canada
Systems engineering consulting for a brain-computer interface company building devices for stroke recovery.
Work Experience
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Vancouver
Consultant — Epia Neuro Inc.
Systems engineering for a brain-computer interface company focused on stroke recovery, working on its wearable robotic exoskeleton.
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Vancouver
Co-founder — Ensemble Scientific
Smart irrigation for farms: dripline-integrated sensors and valve controllers driven by cloud software, delivering sensor-triggered pulse irrigation for berries and specialty crops in BC's Fraser Valley.
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Bay Area
Senior Test Engineer → Staff Systems Engineer — Iota Biosciences
Joined building automated test equipment for novel, active implantable medical devices. From 2025, Technical Lead for a wearable robotic exoskeleton: requirements, prototyping, and verification from concept through clinical evaluation, working directly with clinicians, therapists, and users.
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Vancouver
Co-founder — PEEP-Alert Technologies, Inc.
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, helped found a company to develop an alarm device for helmet-based non-invasive ventilation. The device monitors pressure and flow rate and notifies clinicians if either parameter leaves a configurable range.
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Vancouver
Systems Engineer — Precision NanoSystems
Supported a line of research-use instruments (NanoAssemblr Ignite, Spark, and Blaze) that harness proprietary microfluidic mixing technology for genetic medicine. Implemented build-process improvements, conducted failure root cause analyses, and supported field service and supply chain.
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Vancouver
BASc, Engineering Physics — University of British Columbia
A foundation of math and physics plus electrical, mechanical, and software engineering, with 16 months of co-op work experience. Graduated 2019.
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Palo Alto
Test Engineering Intern — Tesla, Drive Systems
Supported the Model 3: developed an API for interfacing with the drive inverter, designed and built a motor mount weldment, and supported production line improvements.