A robotics engineer designing systems where structure and sensing are co-designed for reliability.
I build robotic systems where mechanical structure and sensing are co-designed from the start. My expertise spans the complete hardware development cycle — from concept and CAD through fabrication, embedded sensing, and real-world validation — across deployable mechanisms, impact telemetry systems, and large-scale mobile platforms. The through-line is consistent: reliable behavior should emerge from a robot's physics, not be corrected by software after the fact.
Mechanism Design & Hardware Integration
My foundation is mechanism design and CAD-driven hardware integration. I design joints, actuator arrangements, and structural systems with fabrication constraints and real-world loading in mind from the first sketch — spanning soft-rigid hybrid mechanisms, tendon-pulley transmissions, and deployable structures.
Embedded Sensing & Experimental Validation
Building on that mechanical base, I develop the embedded sensing systems that close the loop: custom PCBs, high-G IMUs, firmware pipelines, and validation against independent ground truth. I design experiments specifically to expose failure modes — then use what I find to revise the mechanical architecture itself.
