# Carlos Hernandez

> Robotics @ Boston Dynamics

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/carloshernandez

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Boston Dynamics
Jan 2023 – Present | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Developing autonomous behaviors for Stretch

### AI Engineer @ IBM
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
• Designed and implemented software library for https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.08031
(Data-Efficient Graph Grammar Learning for Molecular Generation), streamlining
 the use of the research for a client chemical company
• Improved workflow, scalability, and efficiency of former code by redesigning its
architecture, creating abstractions, and building new features
• Ultimately delivered succinct Python package meeting client requirements and
generalizing code to propel future research in new domains

### Robotics Engineer @ The Aerospace Corporation
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | El Segundo, California, United States
•	Spearheaded introduction of reinforcement learning techniques for satellite docking, developing reward function to control the rendezvous of TurtleBots in simulated orbits using AWS and Lambda
•	Integrated 1500+ lines of self-developed code into satellite battery testing software, decommissioning legacy GUI to improve the testing experience for 30-person Battery Evaluation Lab
•	Led 6-person satellite R&D team in delivering equipment and power requirement blueprint for GNC (Guidance, Navigation, and Control) subsystem, creating concept for interstellar object interception

### Physics Instructor @ Liceo Scientifico Statale Enrico Fermi
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Padua, Veneto, Italy
•	Prepared and delivered a three-week long course on Electricity and Magnetism to five different classes of high school students in Padua, Italy (~125 students total)
•	Led a total of twenty, one-hour sessions per week and created both in-class problems and a final examination

### Machine Learning Researcher @ Technical University of Madrid
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
•	Designed and executed study to determine optimal input image quantity needed for YOLO V3 models, establishing the lab’s performance benchmarks for drone computer vision pipeline
•	Programmed a 1000+ line Python API to automate training experiments of above project and ensure robustness of design choices, validating the feasibility of the study and its ability to generalize to more objects

### Physics Teaching Assistant @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
•	Led problem solving sessions, supervised experiments, and graded assignments for a group of 30 students

### Software Engineer @ SekureID Corp.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
•	Developed an Android and iOS app to remotely unlock a door via Bluetooth
•	Coded a non-native module in React Native allowing phone to respond to changes in orientation
•	Coupled changes in orientation to the transmission of a Bluetooth signal from phone to access control device


## Education
### Master of Engineering - MEng in Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence concentration
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Double Major in Computer Science & Aerospace Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

### Cypress Bay High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/cghernandez

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Last updated: 2026-03-28