"Entrepreneurs tend to be people who don't know what the reasonable limits are.  You're imagining things that others say are impossible."

Vinod Khosla

At our Novato facilities, our development teams address the challenges of streamlining industrial equipment with state-of-the-art computer-aided design (CAD) and advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools running on dedicated supercomputers. We have our own in-house testing facilities as well as consulting relationships with a number of international research and testing firms.

Our skilled engineers come to PAX from industry-leading firms like Agilent, Bechtel, Emerson, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, and Hughes-Avicom.  We are always seeking qualified candidates to add to our world-class team.

The PAX Development team includes:

• Michael May, Vice President of Engineering
• Carol Marsh, Director of Engineering
• PhD's in aeronautics, aerospace, chemical engineering, and various mechanical engineering specialties, including computational fluid dynamics, thermal fluid sciences, and structural and finite element analysis.
• Graduates of Cambridge University, the Chinese Academy of Science, Imperial College, Kharkov Polytechnic Institute, Notre Dame University, Penn State, Technische Universität München, UC Berkeley, Washington State University, University of the Pacific, and University of Houston.

PAX engineers are experienced in a variety of technical specialties, including:

• thermal management, heat transfer, and electronics cooling
• commercial and automotive HVAC, and industrial refrigeration
• commercial aviation and aircraft design
• turbomachinery, including pumps and fans
• medical devices
• fuel cell design and operation
• optical test and measurement equipment and devices
• structural and material analysis
• CFD
• mechanical design