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• Created Programs through Python coding language to produce autonomous tasks for Spot from Boston Dynamics. • Responsible for innovation, troubleshooting, and maintaining robot programming and functionality. • Managed projects such as Spot integration into Production, Body-shop cycle time & availability improvements, and Battery Plant programming which reduced the need of Production for 24 Hours per week. This was done is a short time span of eight weeks with no additional hardware requirements. • Involved in Black Belt Six Sigma projects with company saving of over $6,000,000 over the life cycle of 7 years • Experience with vision systems such as INOS, Cognex, Vision Tools, Perceptron, Open-CV, SensoPart, and TensorFlow. • Write algorithms and programming code for various automated processes such as INOS vision system, searching, and stacking, and error handling. • Integrate robotics with peripherals, such as welding, rivet, gluing, hemming, bolting, and precision fitting using vision applications. • Conduct research on robotic technology to create new robotic systems and system capabilities. • Involvement with design, review, and modify end-of-arm tooling during project integrations as well as existing lines to provide optimal operations while minimizing downtime.

Responsible for maintaining, repairing and modifying the production lines for the automotive Body Shop at BMW.

Responsible for creating, troubleshooting, and maintaining robot programming and functionality.

Responsible for manufacturing, troubleshooting, repair, and installation of Rubidium Infusion Cart Systems.

Responsible for troubleshooting, repair, diagnostic testing, and installation for multi-functional copy machines.

Responsible for performing diagnostic testing, troubleshooting, repair, and modification of various moderate-to-complex car audio/navigation products.