# Sam Cole

> SWE @ Reliable Robotics

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/samcole

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Reliable Robotics Corporation
Jan 2025 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States

### Flight Software Engineer Intern @ Reliable Robotics Corporation
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, California, United States

### Product Development Lead @ Alzi
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Bellevue, Washington, United States
- Developed web platform using Django and React
- Led customer research, coordinating interviews with potential users
- Semi-finalist in UW Dempsey Startup Competition 2024

### Simulation Software Intern @ Reliable Robotics Corporation
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Mountain View, California, United States
- Independently added new test hardware/software to HITL aircraft simulation for anti skid brake testing.
- Developed hardware driver and simulation module for generating PWM signals using a UEI DAQ.
- Validated work by running takeoff/landing simulations and stimulating test flight computer.

### Chief Technology Officer @ TensorMaker
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Luis Obispo, California, United States
- Developed an MVP for a no-code Computer Vision ML platform using Django and React JS
- Finalist in Cal Poly CIE Innovation Quest 2023

### Software Engineer Intern @ TechnipFMC
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Davis, California, United States
- Independently developed a simulation layer in Ignition Gazebo for a ROS2 underwater flight control stack.
- Developed a ROS2 hardware driver for servo system derived from in-house technical datasheet.

### CCDS Data Science Fellow @ National Science Foundation (NSF)
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Luis Obispo, California, United States
Fellow with the Central Coast Data Science Partnership 2021-2022

Assisted in Research on Coordinate Based Neural Networks and applying Model Agnostic Meta Learning to these models.

### Software Team Member @ PolySat
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Luis Obispo, California, United States

### Software Engineer Intern @ Lockheed Martin
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Littleton, Colorado, United States
- Developed a custom Computer Vision data pipeline using Intel RealSense depth cameras.
- Assisted in developing network architecture to share and visualize data captured with depth cameras.
- Assisted in developing an HLS live streaming setup with multiple cameras  and multiple Nvidia Jetson Nanos, using Gstreamer.

### Astronomy Research Assistant (BEACoN) @ California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Luis Obispo, California, United States
Created visualizations for astronomical data collected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) on Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs).

Drew insights from these visualizations and presented findings at Cal Poly BEACoN research Symposium.

### Machine Learning Research Assistant @ Engineers For Exploration
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Diego, California, United States
Developed UNet segmentation model for classifying aerial drone footage.

### Electronics Team Lead @ Northrop Grumman Collaboration Project
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Luis Obispo, California, United States


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Technology Innovation (Robotics)
University of Washington

### Bachelors in Computer Engineering
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/samcole707

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Last updated: 2026-04-10