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San Francisco, California, United States

Palo Alto, California, United States

- Developed new peripheral drivers, software platform improvements, and tools to support Model 3/Y, Cybertruck, Optimus, and new vehicle development- Implemented build and deployment infrastructure for processor-in-the-loop testing that uses Docker to automate Petalinux, FPGA bitstream, and boot image builds to support automated peripheral driver testing- Led the firmware bringup, network configuration, and testing for Optimus finger controllers + supported sensing algorithm development- Designed process and automation tools to streamline new hardware bringup and prevent faults at compile time- Developed optimized CANFD network management for Optimus and new vehicles, improving CPU usage, message latency, and reliability at high bus loads

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

During my internship at RightHand Robotics, I learned more a lot about working with firmware, being a self-starter, and working as part of a multidisciplinary R&D team. Primarily I worked on improving the item detection accuracy for robotic arms that moved items between workstations. I developed a design that utilized an infrared imaging sensor and a custom image processing algorithm to improve detection accuracy from 94% to 99.9%. I worked extensively with sensor drivers, where I debugged live embedded systems to fix defects as well as optimized code to reduce unnecessary I2C traffic and memory transfers. I was also part of a time-constrained research campaign to expand the range of supported items. To allow the team to research efficiently given the limited budget, I worked closely with them to develop a suite of testing scripts, data collection tools, and prototypes supporting new hardware configurations.

Rochester, New York, United States

I was a Software Developer Intern at Fujifilm full-time for 7 months and worked here part-time during school for another 4 months. I worked on several products, even leading the development of several critical-path features through the entire software lifecycle. To do this I had to continually learn and apply new skills, past what I learned at RIT, and collaborate with others, from developers to customers. I worked on every part of the system, from backend services and APIs to customer-facing UI/UX to internal tools like CI/CD and source control management.