# Michael Sbarra, MSE, EIT

> Software Engineer

Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/michaelsbarramseeit

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Kodiak
Jan 2024 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Apex.AI
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Palo Alto, California, United States

### Robotics Software Engineer @ Apex.AI
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Palo Alto, California, United States

### Autonomy & AI Research Engineer, Sr @ Lockheed Martin
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Palo Alto, California, United States

### Research Scientist @ Lockheed Martin
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Palo Alto, California
I developed, tested, integrated and deployed software to the La Jument 3U cubesat (Nvidia Jetson), a joint project between Lockheed Martin and the University of Souther California, which launched into orbit on January 13th, 2022. Apps were written using the SmartSat™ SDK, a C++ based pub/sub framework developed by Lockheed Martin, and included message uplink/downlink, sensor data acquisition, and data processing using ML. I also deployed and optimized the ML model used by the Nvidia Jetson for in-orbit edge computing on an embedded device with Nvidia's TensorRT (C++).

### Controls Robotics Engineer @ Retiina
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Owings Mills, Maryland, United States
Formerly https://www.linkedin.com/company/21st-century-engineering-group

### Systems Analyst (Robotics Control Engineer) Intern @ Intuitive
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Baltimore, Maryland

### Systems Analyst (Robotics Control Engineer) Intern @ Intuitive
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Sunnyvale, CA

### Graduate Teaching Assistant - Management and Technology Consulting @ Johns Hopkins University
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Baltimore, Maryland Area

### Graduate Course Assistant for Algorithms for Sensor-Based Robotics @ The Johns Hopkins University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018

### Graduate Teaching Assistant - Robot Sensors and Actuators @ The Johns Hopkins University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017
Responsibilities include running lab sessions and grading assignments.

### Controls Engineer @ Construction Robotics
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017
Implemented and supported a remote communication and troubleshooting system for SAM100. Designed and tested improvements for SAM100 including a new robust communication architecture between SAM100 and its SmartLine laser. Started development of a new SmartLine laser routine for automatic adjustment.

### Controls Engineer Intern @ Construction Robotics
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Implemented functionality for SAM100 to upload brick analytic data over 4G to Construction Robotics's servers. Used Python to FTP into SAM100's onboard computer, convert it to JSON, then used HTTP to post the data.

### Head Lab Teaching Assistant - Mechanical Systems (ME213) @ University of Rochester
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016

### Workshop Leader - Intro to Python Programming (CSC161) @ University of Rochester
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016

### Teaching Assistant - Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics (ME121) @ University of Rochester
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015

### Mechanical Design and Controls Engineer Intern @ Construction Robotics
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Victor, NY
Summer 2015 Responsibilities: Program SAM brick laying system using LabVIEW.
Summer 2014 - Spring 2015 Responsibilities: Designing 3D models for mechanical components in Solidworks, create 2D drawings of models, release models for fabrication through Solidwork's EPDM, field modifications of existing components with workshop tools including hand drills, Bridgeport drill presses and band saws. Updated bill of materials (BOM) in Microsoft Access with each new mechanical component created.

### Teaching Assistant - Thermodynamics (ME123) @ University of Rochester
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Assisted students in thermodynamics (ME123) during recitations as well as during office hours.

### Workshop Leader - Introduction to Signals and Circuits (ECE111) @ University of Rochester, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
My responsibilities included running one two-hour long workshop each week consisting of ten students. During this time, I assisting the students in smaller groups with three to four students each with the problem set created by the professor related to what they were currently learning in lecture. I also attended a weekly workshop leadership class in which I learned about education, learning how to improve my teaching ability as well as how to get students to engage with the material and one another better.

### Workshop Leader -  General Chemistry I&II (CHM131&132) @ University of Rochester
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | University of Rochester
My responsibilities included running 2 one-hour long workshops each week consisting of about eight students each, doing problems in smaller groups related to what they were learning in lecture that week. I also attended a weekly workshop leadership class in which I learned about education, learning how to improve my teaching ability as well as how to get students to engage with the material and one another better.


## Education
### Masters of Science in Engineering in Robotics
The Johns Hopkins University

### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering
University of Rochester

### High School Diploma
McQuaid Jesuit


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-11