# Aidan Cookson

> Staff Electrical Engineer at Boston Dynamics

Location: Greater Boston, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/aidancookson

I am passionate about robotics, electrical engineering, AI/ML, and sustainability. I love hiking, rock climbing, snowboarding, and parkour.

## Work Experience
### Staff Electrical Engineer @ Boston Dynamics
Jan 2024 – Present | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

### Senior Electrical Engineer @ Boston Dynamics
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

### Electrical Engineer @ Boundless Robotics
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Greater Boston
Architected multi-board electrical system consisting of pumps, sensors, and interfaces based on product requirements
        Designed multiple PCBs and routed traces with DFM of 120V and high-frequency SMT in mind
        Iterated design to optimize manufacturability and respond to component availability issues and new requirements
        Communicated with suppliers and sourced components to meet COGS expectations
Collaborated with software system architect to develop Python API to communicate with electrical hardware
Wrote C++ firmware facilitating robust communication between Linux, AVR µcontrollers, and sensors over I2C, SPI, and USB
Prototyped ML vision system to detect faces and perform semantic segmentation on live plant images

### Research And Development Intern @ Applied Materials
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Gloucester, Massachusetts
Created a data aggregation tool to summarize the performance of angled-etch processes into a PowerPoint and Excel file. 
Programmed a visual simulation program in Python to determine the outcome of various angled-etch processes
Set up an RF plasma source generator test stand and studied plasma characteristics

### RF Engineering Intern @ MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019
Characterized photonic-enabled RF canceller
        Measured device harmonics and linearity over input bandwidth using P1dB and IP3  
Evaluated and improved gradient-descent algorithm for optimizing RF vector modulator in-band full-duplex system cancellation

### Electrical Engineering Intern @ ClearMotion
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Woburn, Massachusetts
Setup motor dyno electrical system and designed graphical control program in Python
Implemented automated testing procedures to analyze motor performance, characterize
velocity/torque space, and evaluate design changes at the system level.
Designed, simulated, and implemented printed circuit board in Altium for routing connections between production and development boards


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
UCLA

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

### High School
Berwick Academy


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aidan-cookson-78a16714b
- Portfolio: http://aidancookson.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-31