About Me

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Hi there! My name is Daniel Castle.

In December 2019, I graduated in 6.5 semesters from Northeastern University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Entrepreneurial Engineering to take a full-time role at Apple on the iPhone Hardware Systems Electrical Engineering Team. There, I eventually owned all flexes (flexible printed circuit boards) for the iPhone 12 Mini, and soon after its launch, I transferred to the Imaging & Sensing Incubation team, where I now create custom hardware platforms for Apple's upcoming camera systems and features. I'm originally from Hockessin, Delaware (Dela-where? Hah! *slaps knee*), where I was a martial arts instructor and a soccer referee.

Throughout Northeastern's co-op program, I learned core engineering concepts while jumpstarting my practical knowledge from relevant in-field experience, allowing me to work for 14 months at 2 different companies during college: RKF Engineering, a satellite & terrestrial communications company in Bethesda, Maryland outside of D.C., and Apple Inc., inside the spaceship of Apple Park, on the same team that I accepted my full-time offer.

While in classes, I embraced the entrepreneurial hustle of my university and became a Project Lead for Generate, a student-led product development studio, where I led a team of 6 engineers in the building of a "Keurig for cold brew" fast cold brew coffee machine, which can make cold brew in 3 minutes using vacuum pumps to cold boil the water. The previous semester, I was a build studio engineer, where I built a PCB for the power, control, and sensor integration of an RC car. The semester before that, I helped rapid prototype and build the circuitry for a smart measuring device for clothing-fitting client that became Generate's first client to be acquired, which occured in 2018. On campus, I was also a Resident Assistant for East Village and a Research Assistant in an ECE lab, in addition to being a brother in Alpha Kappa Psi, a co-ed professional business fraternity. Within AKPsi, I was the Master of Rituals & an Engagement Manager in Chi Sigma Consulting, their non-profit consulting group, where I led three fellow brothers in developing fundraising and financial models for The Samfund, an organization for young adult cancer survivors.

In my free time, I enjoyed being a tour guide for Northeastern and playing intramural soccer, with my team name of "Knock Knock, ResLife!" being particularly amusing. I'm currently in the midst of a Frasier marathon, and the TV shows Burn Notice, White Collar, and Royal Pains remain some of my favorite shows to date.

Fun fact: I was on Conan in 2013! Check out my (literal) 2 seconds of fame here!