Senior Robotics Engineer

Senior Robotics Engineer — Vanguard Robotics Corp

Boston, MA | January 2021 – Present

• Led a team of 4 hardware engineers to design and deploy 5 autonomous mobile platforms for manufacturing logistics, improving warehouse transport efficiency by 24% and reducing manual delivery time by 18 minutes.
• Programmed custom ROS 2 navigation nodes in C++ and Python, reducing path planning computational latency by 32% and increasing sensor processing reliability under dusty conditions by 15%.
• Integrated LiDAR, depth cameras, and IMU sensors using Kalman filtering, which improved localization accuracy by 14% and cut safety-related robot emergency stops by 35% over a 12-month period.
• Conducted hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulations for 8 microcontroller units, detecting 14 firmware anomalies early and accelerating the product manufacturing cycle by 6 weeks.

Robotics Engineer — Apex Automation Labs

Boston, MA | June 2015 – December 2020

• Designed and simulated 6 robotic arm link models in SolidWorks, which reduced physical structural weight by 19% and cut manufacturing prototyping costs by 22% overall.
• Developed kinematic models and trajectory generation control logic for 4 sorting gantries, raising sorting throughput by 28% and reducing mechanical wear-and-tear by 16%.
• Calibrated and tested 12 LiDAR sensor suites under various lighting conditions, increasing robot localization reliability by 15% and decreasing system debug time by 28 hours.
• Maintained clear engineering documentation for 5 robotic systems, training 18 production technicians on maintenance protocols to reduce operational downtime by 22%.

ROS 2, Python, C++, Linux, LiDAR, Computer Vision, Kinematics, Control Systems, SolidWorks, MATLAB, Sensor Fusion, CANbus, Microcontrollers, Motion Planning, Gazebo, OpenCV, HIL Testing, Rapid Prototyping

Autonomous Fleet Orchestrator

Role: Lead Architect

Tools: ROS 2, Python, C++, AWS, Docker

Designed path-planning algorithms and multi-agent coordination systems for 12 mobile robots, boosting overall throughput by 28%.

High-Speed Robotic Manipulator

Role: Controls Engineer

Tools: C++, MATLAB, SolidWorks, EtherCAT

Programmed inverse kinematics solvers and PID control algorithms for a 6-axis arm, reducing cycle times by 18% and precision errors by 32%.

• Professional Engineer (PE) - Control Systems (2020)
• Certified ROS Developer (CRD) (2017)

• Languages: English (Native), German (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Technical mentor for local FIRST Robotics high school team (2018–Present)
• Availability: 4 weeks notice