Executive Summary

Mechatronics and Embedded Systems Engineer completing a B.S. in Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University, with dual minors in Mathematics and Embedded Systems Integration. Specializes in bridging high-level autonomous navigation stacks (ROS2, SLAM, Model Predictive Control) with deterministic, bare-metal microcontroller execution (ARM Cortex-M, custom task executives, FreeRTOS).

Technical expertise encompasses edge-accelerated perception on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin (TensorRT INT8 calibration, DLA offloading), closed-loop feedback/feedforward actuation systems (magnetic powder braking, active 1-DOF Thrust Vector Control rigs), and high-throughput serial telemetry architectures.

Core Engineering Competencies

  • Embedded Firmware & Architecture

    Bare-metal C/C++ development for STM32 (ARM Cortex-M4), deterministic multi-rate task schedulers, FreeRTOS task synchronization, packed binary telemetry protocols, and hardware timer quadrature decoding.

  • Robotics Autonomy & Planning

    ROS2 system integration, RMHC SLAM 2D occupancy mapping, A* global path planning, and custom vortex vector-field steering algorithms resolving local-minima convergence failures.

  • Controls Theory & Dynamics (GNC)

    Continuous-time dynamic plant derivation, discrete-time PID implementation, 2nd-order digital low-pass Butterworth filtering (-24 dB noise rejection), and dynamic Thrust Vector Control (TVC) stabilization.

  • Computer Vision & Inference Acceleration

    Multi-camera Birds-Eye-View (BEV) spatial projection, native TensorRT INT8 entropy calibration, NVIDIA DLA dual-core offloading, and ZED2i multi-camera visual odometry bus synchronization.

Professional Resume

Education

  1. Texas A&M University

    2021 — Dec 2026 | College Station, TX

    B.S. Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology — Mechatronics
    Minors: Mathematics and Embedded Systems Integration
    Major GPA: 3.63 | Cumulative GPA: 3.31

Engineering Experience

  1. Undergraduate Researcher (MARCO Platform)

    Jan 2026 — Present | Mechatronics and Controls Research Lab

    Accelerated multi-camera Birds-Eye-View (BEV) perception pipeline from 2 Hz to 30 Hz (33.3 ms latency) on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin for live MPC terrain mapping. Offloaded semantic segmentation (DDRNet, Fast-SCNN) to Orin dual DLA cores with TensorRT INT8 calibration, achieving a 3.8x speedup while reducing GPU load by 42%. Rebalanced USB xHCI controller bus topology across 4 ZED2i cameras, resolving visual odometry frame drops.

  2. Lead Software & Control Engineer (FlexSense Capstone)

    Jan 2026 — Present | Squish Therapy / Texas A&M University

    Architected bare-metal STM32F401RE firmware with a deterministic multi-rate scheduler streaming packed 28-byte binary telemetry at 100 Hz over USB VCP. Engineered closed-loop magnetic powder brake controller with empirical feedforward compensation and anti-windup PID (±1.5% torque accuracy). Authored multi-threaded PySide6/PyQtGraph clinical workstation rendering real-time biomechanical curves at 60 FPS with SQLite 3 persistence.

  3. Lead Controls Engineer (Active Thrust Vector Control Test Rig)

    Jan 2026 — May 2026 | ESET 462 / Texas A&M University

    Developed an active 1-DOF inverted pendulum TVC test rig utilizing an Electric Ducted Fan (EDF) and MG90S servo gimbal. Derived continuous-time state equations and implemented discrete-time PID on STM32 executing FreeRTOS (Control, Sensor, Actuation tasks). Restored steady state (±5°) from 10° offset in <0.85s and integrated a 2nd-order digital low-pass filter (-24 dB noise reduction) on the BNO085 IMU.

  4. Lead Software/GNC Engineer (SCUTTLE Autonomous Robot)

    Aug 2025 — Dec 2025 | Texas A&M University

    Engineered autonomous indoor navigation stack in Python using RMHC SLAM 2D mapping and A* global path planning. Designed custom vortex vector-field steering algorithm to eliminate local-minima traps, raising convergence from 42% to 100% in concave obstacles. Programmed asynchronous MicroPython finite state machine on Raspberry Pi with hardware GPIO interrupts for vision-guided target delivery.

  5. Software Development Intern

    Sep 2022 — Dec 2024 | August Schools (Remote)

    Refactored MongoDB multi-field aggregation pipelines and compound indexing, achieving a 90% reduction in query execution times for 30+ schools. Authored and maintained HIPAA-compliant YAML CI/CD deployment pipelines using Git and Docker.

Technical Stack Ratings

  • C / C++ & Bare-Metal Firmware (STM32, FreeRTOS, Schedulers)
    95%
  • Control Systems & GNC (PID, Dynamic Modeling, Digital Filtering, State-Space)
    92%
  • Robotics & Perception (ROS2, SLAM, A*, TensorRT INT8, OpenCV)
    90%
  • Hardware Protocols & Peripherals (UART, SPI, I2C, Encoders, Load Cells)
    90%

Featured Engineering Projects

  • Jetson AGX Orin · ROS2
    LAB VALIDATED

    MARCO Multi-Camera BEV Perception

    Real-Time Spatial Elevation Mapping for High-Speed MPC

    30 Hz Update Rate (from 2 Hz)
    33.3 ms End-to-End Latency
    -42% GPU Load via DLA

    Engineered batched semantic segmentation (DDRNet, Fast-SCNN) using native TensorRT INT8 entropy calibration. Offloaded perception to dual Orin DLA cores with GPU fallback and rebalanced xHCI USB bus topology across 4 ZED2i cameras.

    TensorRT INT8 Dual DLA Cores ROS2 Humble 4x ZED2i CUDA C++17
  • STM32F401RE · Bare-Metal
    BENCH TESTED

    FlexSense Active Upper-Limb System

    Closed-Loop Torque Actuator & Biomechanical Telemetry

    100 Hz Binary Telemetry Stream
    ±1.5% Torque Regulation
    60 FPS PySide6 GUI Render

    Architected bare-metal firmware with a deterministic multi-rate cooperative task scheduler. Regulates magnetic powder brake resistance using feedforward compensation and anti-windup PID while streaming 28-byte packed packets over USB VCP.

    STM32F401RE Cooperative Scheduler Magnetic Brake PySide6 / PyQtGraph SQLite 3 CRC-16
  • 1-DOF Inverted Pendulum
    SELF-STABILIZING

    Active Thrust Vector Control (TVC) Rig

    2nd-Order Dynamic Modeling & Disturbance Rejection Bench

    < 0.85 s Settling Time (10° Offset)
    -24 dB Vibration Noise Filter
    ±2.8° Steady-State Stability

    Derived continuous-time state equations for an EDF rocket gimbal isolated from gyroscopic cross-axis precession. Programmed discrete-time PID control on FreeRTOS and implemented a 2nd-order digital low-pass filter on BNO085 IMU data.

    FreeRTOS BNO085 9-DOF IMU Discrete PID 2nd-Order Digital Filter SolidWorks C
  • Raspberry Pi · MicroPython
    100% CONVERGENCE

    SCUTTLE Autonomous SLAM Navigation

    Vortex Vector-Field Steering for Local-Minima Elimination

    100% Minima Escape Rate
    RMHC 2D SLAM Mapping
    < 2 ms GPIO ISR Latency

    Engineered indoor navigation stack using RMHC SLAM and A* global planning. Designed a custom vortex vector-field algorithm that forces tangential circulation around concave traps, raising target convergence from 42% to 100%.

    RMHC SLAM A* Global Planner Vortex Vector Fields MicroPython FSM OpenCV LiDAR
  • MongoDB · Node.js · Cloud
    PRODUCTION SCALE

    Enterprise Data Pipeline Optimization

    Query Acceleration & HIPAA-Compliant CI/CD Infrastructure

    -90% Query Execution Time
    30+ Educational Institutions
    100% HIPAA Compliance

    Re-architected MongoDB compound indexing and aggregation pipelines to push match/sort stages before lookups, reducing query times from 3.2s to 310ms. Maintained automated HIPAA-compliant YAML CI/CD deployment workflows.

    MongoDB Aggregation Compound Indexing Node.js / Express Docker YAML CI/CD REST API

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