Liam Yang

Hi, I'm Liam.

Currently: Factory Layout Design at Tesla

I'm a manufacturing engineer. I design factory layouts: where the equipment goes, how parts move between stations, and how people and robots share the same floor.

Before that I designed collision centers, service centers, and used car hubs, and before that I worked on continuous improvement on a truck assembly line. I studied industrial engineering at Beijing Jiaotong University and Texas A&M.

This site is where I write down what I learn about factories, in plain language.

Timeline

Full resume
  1. Tesla
    Late 2025 – Present
    Factory Layout Design now

    Factory layout and material flow for manufacturing sites across North America: where equipment goes, how parts move, and how people and robots share the floor.

  2. Tesla
    Feb 2024 – 2025
    Layout Design · Collision, Service & Used Car Hubs

    Designed layouts for collision centers, service centers, and used car hubs, and turned what worked into reusable standards.

  3. Tesla
    May 2023 – Dec 2023
    Factory Layout Design · Powertrain

    Layouts and material flow paths for powertrain production shops and their support spaces.

  4. Volvo Group · Mack Trucks
    Aug 2022 – Dec 2022
    Continuous Improvement

    Lean manufacturing on truck subassembly stations.

Writing

The first essay is on its way.

Elsewhere