Behind the Power: Dennis Yu, Director of Hardware & Systems Engineering at Liminal Insights Inc.

In this episode of The Tech Connect, we talk to Dennis Yu, Director of Hardware & Systems Engineering at Liminal, a startup using ultrasound to transform battery quality inspection.

Dennis shares his unconventional path from trade school to UC Berkeley to helping deploy novel metrology tools inside a Gigafactory. We talk about the challenges of scaling tech, managing teams, and hiring with intention in the fast-moving world of clean energy.

Topics include:

• Startup vs. corporate R&D: what you gain and what you trade
• The future of in-line battery QC
• How early career apprenticeships shaped his leadership style
• Prioritizing in chaos & the art of “insulating your team”
• Why V&V should never be an afterthought

It’s a deep, honest look at building hardware, managing humans, and betting on curiosity in a competitive industry.

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