# Long Tran > Robotics Engineer Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/longtran I am interested in applying my engineering skills in complex problems and creating unique solutions. My curiosity drives me to learn new things while my ambition makes me strive for my best. I hope one day that my work can impact others and make a difference in the world. ## Work Experience ### Staff Advanced Technology Development Engineer @ Smith+Nephew Jan 2023 – Present | Andover, Massachusetts, United States ### Senior Integration Engineer @ Vicarious Surgical Inc. Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States ### Integration Engineer II @ Vicarious Surgical Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States Working on integrating hardware and software components for a surgical robot. Responsibilities include: Assembly of robotic system while generating mechanical feedback for drawing revisions/ DCOs to address structural/ tolerance issues. Perform software unit testing and code review for new software features in various domains such as VR and inverse kinematics control. Write front-end and back-end software code for actuator control along with scripts for testing in C and python. Electrical checkout including sensor calibration and signal processing. Perform biomedical and human factors studies to gather data to drive system architecture. Generate system and subsystem requirements based on user and business needs with compliance to medical device standards such as IEC 60601-1 and IEC 80601-2-77 ### EEDP: T901 Controls & Software @ GE Aviation Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Lynn, Massachusetts Worked with both the Controls and Software teams to implement engine control laws, algorithms, and software on GE's Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) for a new turboshaft engine. The T901 engine will fulfill requirements that include 50% more power and 25% better specific fuel consumption while reducing life cycle costs. My responsibilities required me to complete the V-Model of the Software Development Life Cycle for various parts of the engines subsystems. I wrote safety-critical requirements, designed detailed control laws and algorithms, and performed system integration, test, and validation. This has enabled me to develop systems level thinking and skills on both engine and software design. Additional responsibilities have included software integration to physical hardware, exposure to embedded system design, and low level software implementation. ### Teaching Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 I have worked as a teaching assistant for CMU's Mechanical Engineering Department for the following courses: 24-200: Machine Shop Practice 24-203: Special Topics: Maker Series: Intro to Manual & CNC Machining 24-300: Fundamentals of CNC Machining 24-101: Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering As a teaching assistant, my roles included aiding the instructor in class room exercises, holding office hours to help students with questions, and developing the course curriculum. ### Graduate Research Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Greater Pittsburgh Area I conducted research in Professor Howie Choset's Biorobotics Lab in the Medical Group. I am responsible for redesigning a mechanical feeder for a medical snake that will be used in minimally invasive surgery. I have conducted preliminary design reviews (PDR) and critical design reviews (CDR) that determined the electromechanical needs for the robot. Additionally, I am leading a team in the TRAuma Care In a Rucksack (TRACIR) project that will help develop a system for quick medical support in combat environments. I have met with researchers and clinicians while overseeing aspects of computer vision, force feedback, and mechanical design to currently develop a system for autonomous catheter insertion. ### Grader @ Carnegie Mellon University Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Greater Pittsburgh Area I have worked as a grader for CMU's Mechanical Engineering Department for the following courses: 24-281: Introduction to Scientific Computing 42-101: Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering 24-351: Dynamics As a grader, my roles included grading homeworks, quizzes, and tests and proctoring exams. I was also involved in developing grading rubrics that were used on assignments. ### Electrical Engineering Intern @ Forest Devices, Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Pittsburgh Area Forest Devices is a Pittsburgh based medical device startup company that focuses on stroke detection. During my time there, I was responsible for developing a flexible, easily deployable cap that contains electrodes that helps record brain monitoring based on the traditional 10-20 montage. I also helped in development of the control board that would transmit the signals from the electrodes and pass it to analog to digital converters (ADCs) via serial peripheral interface (SPI) communication and processed through a CC3220 WiFi microcontroller. I also advised younger interns in their projects during the summer. ### Manufacturing Engineering Intern @ Oberg Industries Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Pittsburgh Area Oberg Industries is a manufacturing partner specializing in precision machining. As a manufacturing engineering intern at Oberg Medical I was tasked to design and create prints for various fixtures to be used in different phases of the manufacturing process including 5 axis milling, laser marking, and coordinate measurement machine (CMM) verification. These fixtures would help make and inspect equipment for various medical device equipment manufacturers (OEMs) including Smith & Nephew, BD, and Stryker. In addition, I helped edit document master records (DMR) to ensure consistent manufacturing and inspection procedures and reviewed prints for manufacturability using geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T). ### Process Engineer Intern @ Nucor Corporation Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Decatur, Alabama Nucor Steel Decatur is an American manufacturer of steel. At the Decatur location, I worked in the Hot Mill as a Process Engineer Intern. My work throughout the summer involved developing a tunnel furnace temperature python model based on finite element analysis that would model the temperature sheet steel from when it was poured at the slab caster to the point before it was rolled out in the mill. My program took inputs of conductivity, ambient air temperature, and other factors and output a predictive and accurate temperature gradient of the slab of steel. In addition, I investigated a corrosive pitting study that determined the need for a $500,000 pole barn to shelter coils of steel and prevent the corrosive pitting. ### PennDOT Engineering, Scientific Technical Intern @ Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area As an intern at PennDot, I conducted stress and strain testing of metals and materials used in PennDot projects such as rebar. I also analyzed concrete to determine rock aggregate composition. ### Actuarial Intern @ Capital BlueCross Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area Analyzed monthly insurance quotas, examined insurance trends, and entered data into Excel from queries created in Access and Business Objects. Aided and observed other actuaries in their work and estimated projected insurance premiums. ## Education ### Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University ### Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University ### Bachelor's degree in Biomedical/Medical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University ### High School Diploma Susquehanna Township High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ltran1 --- Source: https://flows.cv/longtran JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/longtran/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31