# Katherine O'Connor

> Principal Software Engineer at Covidien (Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group)

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

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ Covidien (Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group)
Jan 2024 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Covidien (Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group)
Jan 2017 – Present | Greater Boston Area

### Control & Automation Engineer @ EM4
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017
- Spearheaded design and construction of a new build station to automate a bottleneck step in our build process.  
- Implemented custom software to seamlessly integrate different instruments, sensors, motor controllers, and human interface devices in simple, intuitive GUI's.
- Worked closely with operators using these systems and integrated their feedback to streamline user experience.

### Hardware Engineer @ Voxel8
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Somerville, MA
Voxel8 is working on the world's first 3D electronics printer.  My responsibilities included:
-Conceptualizing, designing, and prototyping new hardware for the printer
-Designing demo parts to test and exhibit the printer's capabilities to researchers and potential buyers
-Operating, testing, and debugging an early-stage prototype

### Engineering Intern @ Understory, Inc.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Somerville, MA
-Calibration of our prototype, though both Solidworks simulations and by fabricating electromechanical testing equipment for real-world tests
-Using Solidworks to spec out requirements and working with suppliers and manufacturers, both domestic and overseas, to deliver necessary parts

### Design Intern @ Vishwa Robotics
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Cambridge, MA
-Worked on a full-scale plastic actuated exoskeleton for a museum piece on the future of deep-sea exploration.
-Modeled parts in Solidworks, from large form-covering pieces to small articulated mechanisms
-Fabricated simple proof-of-concept prototypes in house using a 3d printer and homemade thermoformer.

### Undergraduate Researcher @ MIT Media Lab
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Cambridge, MA
Worked with the Biomechatronics Group developing a swim prosthetic for amputees.

### Undergraduate Researcher @ MIT Department of Architecture
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Cambridge, MA
I worked with Professor Mark Goulthorpe to develop the next generation of Hyposurface, a dynamic architectural surface (shown below).  My responsibilities included writing control algorithms and a user interface for actuator testing.

### Undergraduate Researcher @ MIT Department of Brain & Cognitive Science
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Cambridge, MA
Writing image-processing software in OpenCV to extract relevant data from videos of rat experiments.


## Education
### Bachelor's Degree in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

### Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/katoco
- Portfolio: https://seelio.com/katoco

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Last updated: 2026-03-31