Zebra Robotics benefited from contributions to its STEM education initiatives, where the focus was on mentoring and teaching robotics to students. Currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at UMass Boston, with active participation in the University Honors College.
Experience
2024 — Now
2024 — Now
Boston, MA
• Designed and implemented autonomous navigation algorithms using ROS, SLAM, and reinforcement learning, enabling mobile robots to
traverse highly unstructured terrains with ~92% accuracy, reducing human supervision needs in hazardous test environments.
• Developed deep learning computer vision models with TensorFlow, PyTorch, and OpenCV for obstacle avoidance and object recognition,
increasing robot perception accuracy by 30% and supporting real-time decision-making at scale.
• Engineered motion planning and trajectory optimization algorithms using Python, C++, and MoveIt, improving execution speed of robotic
arms by 20% in industrial pick-and-place applications, directly enhancing throughput.
• Built and deployed vision-based defect detection systems with YOLOv5 and OpenCV integrated into manufacturing workflows,
achieving 95% defect identification accuracy and cutting rework costs by 25% through proactive quality control.
• Leveraged AWS SageMaker and Lambda functions to deploy predictive maintenance ML models on robotic fleets, reducing unplanned
downtime by 18% annually and saving hundreds of labor hours.
• Designed real-time telemetry pipelines using Kafka, Airflow, and SQL to process robotic sensor data, reducing manual reconciliation
by 40% and ensuring high-integrity datasets for analytics and predictive modeling.
• Automated robotic test frameworks with Jenkins, Python, and ROS integration, shortening validation cycles by 35%, improving QA
efficiency, and accelerating release readiness.
• Partnered with hardware engineers on mechanical and control system optimization (SolidWorks, MATLAB/Simulink), enhancing robot
stability and energy efficiency, leading to smoother locomotion and lower power consumption across deployments.
• Worked cross-functionally with IoT, AI, and software teams to integrate real-time monitoring dashboards for robotics KPIs in Power BI and
Grafana, giving leadership visibility into system health and performance metrics.
2023 — 2024
2023 — 2024
Boston, MA
Developed machine learning models (Python, TensorFlow, Scikit-Learn) for robotic arm fault prediction, boosting failure detection accuracy to 92% and cutting maintenance costs.
Created robotic simulation and digital twin environments (Gazebo, MATLAB/Simulink), reducing hardware testing costs by 28% and speeding up design cycles.
Built custom reinforcement learning algorithms to optimize robotic arm trajectories, improving assembly precision by 15%.
Engineered data pipelines (Airflow, Pandas, SQL) for sensor data, enhancing ML model reliability in production.
Integrated real-time computer vision systems (OpenCV, YOLOv4, PyTorch), increasing sorting speed and accuracy by 22%.
Designed low-latency control loops in ROS and C++ for sub-100ms feedback, doubling robot responsiveness.
Collaborated in Agile teams to streamline sprint planning, cutting release cycles by 20%.
Implemented safety-compliant AI models for Human-Robot Collaboration, aligning with OSHA and ISO standards.
Optimized GPU inference pipelines (CUDA, TensorRT), reducing latency by 40% for real-time vision tasks.
Contributed to documentation and knowledge sharing, standardizing ML practices and accelerating new engineer onboarding.
Education
UMass Boston
Bachelor of Science - BS
University of Massachusetts Boston Honors College