# Aby Jose > Robotics @ Figure AI | Stanford MS | Institute Gold Medalist - IIT Roorkee Location: Stanford, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/aby I am an engineer with a passion for dynamics, robotics and control systems. I have a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, where I won the department gold medal and the director's gold medal for the highest GPA and the best all-round student, respectively. I have hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and testing optimal guidance and control algorithms for quadcopters, as a research assistant at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, where I developed a novel guidance law that enabled robust and efficient interception of targets by a single quadcopter. I also have industry experience as a flight physics intern at Joby Aviation, where I worked with the loads and dynamics team and led a project that resulted in a 7x speed improvement in state convergence during aircraft simulation runs. Additionally, I have skills in drones, medical robotics, PX4 autopilot, and artificial intelligence. ## Work Experience ### Robot Behaviors Software Engineer @ Figure Jan 2024 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States – Implemented, tested and deployed end-to-end behavior architecture with fallback scenarios for the Figure 2 robot at BMW factory. Currently running daily for 10 hour shifts and has contributed to the manufacturing of 40000 cars and counting. – Developed simulation scenes and behavior simulations in MuJoCo for specific robot use-case scenarios. – Revamped system integration and validation testing behaviors of robots for adhering to new use cases and deployment environments. – Built systems for integrating imitation and reinforcement learning algorithms for solutions to practical robot applications. ### AI Software Engineer @ Streamlined Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 ### Flight Physics Intern @ Joby Aviation Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Santa Cruz, California, United States I worked with the Loads and Dynamics team, and my key contributions were:- - Code Optimization: Led a project resulting in a 7x speed improvement in state convergence during aircraft simulation runs. - Participated in the development of flight test restrictions, primarily focusing on maneuvers in steady flight, especially during failure scenarios. - Played a pivotal role in enabling the seamless ingestion of Bill of Materials into the codebase. My work involved rectifying compatibility issues and refining the accuracy of weight calculations, with particular emphasis on optimizing the loads structure. ### Research Assistant @ Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Haifa, Israel Developed and implemented a novel optimal guidance law with autonomous trajectory tracking of a quadcopter through dynamically changing trajectories and paths. The controller implements differential flatness property of quadcopters and was capable of driving the quadcopter in very aggressive trajectories. I achieved a robust guidance algorithm for efficient interception of targets by a single quadcopter. I also employed a Kalman state estimator to take into account state feedback inaccuracies. ### Senior Executive Engineer @ Nestlé Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Pantnagar, Uttarakhand Industrial Utilities Maintenance and Sustainability Engineer • Initiated the mapping of water consumption in the whole factory to highlight key improvement areas. • Developed a system for daily tracking of factory’s water, energy and greenhouse gas emission KPIs to meet the sustainability goals of Nestle. • Assisted the project lead for the CAPEX project of Maggi Pazzta and in setting up the HVAC system for the filling & packing machines ### Technical Leadership Trainee - Engineering @ Nestlé Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Pantnagar, Uttarakhand • Co-led the NER (Nestle Environment Requirements) Assessment of the entire factory to gauge our compliance with the standards for sustainable development • Led a team of 10 for maintenance of the noodle plant for 1 month during manpower shortage. • Drove a water consumption mapping project during the process of regeneration of DM plant. • Performed a risk assessment of the reusability of water after ETP treatment for water savings. ### Head of Braking and Cooling Subsystem | Senior Mechanical Design Engineer @ IIT Roorkee Motorsports Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Roorkee, Uttarakhand Member of IIT Roorkee Motorsports team, where we design and manufacture electric race cars from scratch for participating in Formula Student competitions in the country, as well as over the world. I led a team of 6 members responsible for design and maintenance of the braking and cooling sub-assembly of the electric car. • Team secured 3 d position overall with 1st place in Acceleration event at Formula Green 2020. • Our project (RMSE 19) was our first project which involved conceptualizing a cooling system. We designed, analysed and implemented the car’s cooling system for effective heat dissipation from the motor and motor controller using a MATLAB & SIMULINK model. • Designed and manufactured the steering system and linkages of our Formula Student race car for participating in Formula Bharat 2019 and Formula Green 2020. • Analysed and designed the system using SolidWorks and ADAMS to improve the steering characteristics of the car and to reduce the steering geometry errors. The linkage geometry was optimized using MATLAB. • Obtained sponsorship by through marketing our team for selected cooling system components. ### Research Assistant @ Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India Automated Drift Control of a Four-Wheel Drive Vehicle • Designed a control algorithm which induces and maintains the drift of a vehicle (which corresponds to open-loop unstable equilibria) throughout a given track. • Used PID control to run the car at constant speed and tuned the parameters to maximise drift scenarios while still meeting the constraints. ### Secretary - Swimming and Water Polo | Institute Sports Council @ Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Roorkee, Uttarakhand -Captain of the institute's swimming and water polo team, to compete in the Inter IIT Aquatics Meet 2019 in IIT Kharagpur. -Responsible for guiding and training the team, organizing various meets to encourage the upcoming swimmers and ensuring availability of kits and latest training equipment. ### Joint Secretary - Swimming and Water Polo | Institute Sports Council @ Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Roorke, Uttarakhand - Led the IIT Roorkee Aquatics Contingent in the Inter IIT Aquatics Meet 2018 in IIT Guwahati. It was the one of the team's best performances securing the first ever Men’s Individual Championship for IIT Roorkee, along with an overall 4th place finish(with 3 gold, 4 bronze medals) among 12 participating IITs. - Organized aquatics meets for promoting the swim culture in the campus and was also responsible for procurement of new training equipment. ### KITES Summer Intern @ ITC Limited Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Chennai Area, India Technical Intern under KITES Summer Internship Programme (Knowledge, Initiative & Talent Excellence Series) • Mapped the detailed end-to-end operations of the company's Packaging & Printing plant (from PO to final dispatch). • Analyzed the process map and identified kaizens for continuous improvement of the overall process. • Conceptualized channels for ease of communication between marketing and production departments. Automated the routing process, reducing 1 man-hour daily. • Revamped the delivery OTIF logic for the business and automated this feature for easy tracking of OTIF performance. ### Summer Research Internship Program 2018 @ Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Gujarat, India Title of Research Project: CFD Analysis of Vortex Induced Aeroacoustics • Performed CFD simulations of turbulent flow across two NACA 2412 airfoils in tandem and compared the acoustic signatures obtained near the airfoil surfaces. • Recorded the changes in total noise emission by varying the angle of attack of both the airfoils. • Designed a wake control mechanism and performed simulations to compare the resultant noise levels recorded. ### Head Of Sponsorship and Administration @ Sangram, IIT Roorkee Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Uttaranchal, India Sangram is IIT Roorkee's Annual Sports Festival. Sangram'18 was a four-day sports extravaganza, held from 29th March - 1st April 2018. It is the largest sports fest of North India and serves as a platform for students all over India to exhibit their sporting talents. We catered to a footfall of 15000 sports persons from more than 18 different states. In the past, we have been graced by the presence of eminent sports personalities in our sports fest, such as Olympic silver medalist Sushil Kumar and Paralympic Gold Medalist Devendra Jhajharia. - Appointed by Chief Advisor Sports; I was part of the core organizing team managing a budget of INR 35 lakhs. - Undertook first of its kind initiatives: Introduced Swimming, Yoga, collaborated with NGO's & invited alumni teams to enhance student alumni connect. - I was also responsible for maintaining healthy relationships with our sponsors and bringing in the sponsorship for the event. I supervised the marketing activities for the sponsors of the fest, ensuring they were satisfied with the association. Along with it, management of the event and ensuring smooth flow of the operations was my key responsibility. ### Undergradute Teaching Assistant @ Academic Reinforcement Program - IIT Roorkee Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India The goal of this program is to administer a platform to gain/impart knowledge with the entire campus. I got hands-on experience in becoming a faculty’s teaching assistant and the opportunity to serve as a guide for the freshmen students. Was a Teaching Assistant of the courses MAN-001 (Mathematics) . Supported students on a 1:1 basis. Cleared doubts of individuals as well as groups either informally or by organizing lectures. Liaised with the concerned faculty to help him improve the delivery of a lecture. ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Mechanical Engineering Stanford University ### Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee ### Science Mushtifund Aryaan Higher Secondary School, Panaji ### Secondary School Certificate in School The Rosary High School, Miramar ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aby-jose-74691b13a --- Source: https://flows.cv/aby JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/aby/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-11