780 Montague Expressway, Suite 308
San Jose, CA  95131
408.456.0805 (office)
408.904.5364 (fax)

Sunset Engineering offers their highly experienced group of engineers and technicians to help work with you to develop, manufacture, and support your project needs and objectives.

Each of our team members brings an exceptional diversity in industrial engineering acquired in industries such as semiconductor equipment, medical and bio-medical equipment, wastewater treatment, ultrapure water, specialty metals and casting equipment, mining, and petroleum.

Our technical competence ranges from engineered industrial controls, automation and instrumentation solutions to panel and equipment fabrication, and final project installation, startup, and service.

We are committed to helping your company achieve its goals by providing quality workmanship, professional designs, on-time delivery, and above board pricing.

Sunset Engineering provides the following services:

• Contract Engineering : Customer concept to finished turn-key product
• Industrial Controls : Panel building, system integration
• Automation :  PLC controls, motion control, instrumentation
• Rapid Prototyping : Concept modeling, AEC, FEA, metal casting, presentation models
• Startup and Field Service

Sunset Engineering Principals

Joel Atkin - President
Mr. Atkin brings 23 years of experience in industrial controls, instrumentation, and automation fields. His experience ranges from engineering design to project, personnel, and corporate management. Mr. Atkin has a BSEE from Stanford University and an MBA in Manufacturing Management from San Jose State University.

Paul Rybak - Vice-President, Director of Engineering
Mr. Rybak brings 25 years of experience in industrial controls, instrumentation, and automation fields. His experience includes engineering project design and management, engineering and QC management, and CAD wizardry.

Kathleen Costa, CHME, CMP – Marketing Manager

Ms. Costa brings 24 years of experience in sales, marketing and technical writing within the Silicon Valley marketplace.  Ms. Costa’s expertise focuses on new business development; sales and marketing business plan development and implementation; advertising and customer service.