Resumé

An experienced Systems QA Engineer with 12+ years advanced robotics and 8+ years in fast-paced fortune 500 environments. Driven by the bleeding edge of the latest technologies and by a thirst for knowledge, awaiting challenging new opportunities in the robotics space. Proven track record of driving software quality to the highest levels across a broad range of technologies. Passionate for working hands-on with both hardware and software, helping to bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds. FAA Licensed Private Pilot.

– Designed Hardware in the Loop test fixtures for validating embedded robotic software.

– Preformed manual release and development testing of embedded robotic software.

– Provided advanced troubleshooting and diagnostics on embedded hardware & software.

– Advised engineering on technical implementations.

– Advised clients on hardware / software needs for business operations. Implemented custom server rack builds.

– Develop and execute test plans for features under development. Manipulate databases and APIs to trigger specific behaviors.

– Validate whole stack creation and shutdown, custom scripts to manage Azure based platform stacks.

– Developed various test environment and quality of life improvements.

– SME and Lead QA Engineer for Android based application responsible for managing all aspects of a large robotic fleet.

– Supported various components of the fulfillment platform. Coordinated with development to validate new features, write test plans to ensure adequate coverage, and to build / execute both functional and regression tests.

– Supported the prototyping and development of experimental workcells.

– Preformed in-depth troubleshooting of both software and hardware systems.

– Lead QA Engineer for RoboSort development team. Qualified a workcell responsible for sorting most items inbound to Amazon fulfillment centers. Joined team with 6 workcells deployed to beta, left the team with 300+ workcells deployed to production across US/EU/JP.

– Subject Matter Expert for frequently provided advanced troubleshooting support to both engineering and customers.

– Coordinated with development to validate new workcell features and build an automation framework.

– Developed an extensive set of manual, integration, and regression test cases.

– Traveled both domestically and internationally, supporting customers with site deployments.

– Frequently facilitated tours and demonstrations across various warehouses and advanced robotic workcells.

– Developed a 24h/7d smoke-test environment for quickly detecting bugs in an always changing CI/CD environment.

– Created a web interface for scripting API calls to various micro-services, still deployed assisting engineers today.

– Discovered multiple exploits of physical hardware by using malicious barcodes.

– Deployed a custom metrics storage solution fronting 10M+ data points per minute using AWS.

– Deployed CheckMK across a fleet of 1k+ Linux nodes, configured host health monitors with alarms for abnormalities.

– Developed test wrapper and framework to validate changes in web-tier components.

Languages

– Java, Javascript, Python, C/C++ (Embedded), PHP, (My)SQL, MATLAB

Linux

– Terminal [bash, ssh, scp, ps, find, vi, grep, dd], LibVirt/QEMU, Docker, Apache, K8s

Robotics

– Fanuc, UR, Opex, Dematic, Allen-Bradley, ABB, Kiva, Various custom solutions

Embedded

– ESP32, RaspberryPi, Pine64, Arduino, FPGA, RTOS, RTC, GPS, IMU, PLC

Wire Protocols

– Ethernet, TCP/UDP, VLAN, RS232/RS485, SPI, I2C, CAN, OBDII, ModBus, EtherNet/IP

RF Technology

– Licensed HAM Operator (General Class / KC1RNQ), SDR, HackRF, RF & Antenna Theory, Filters, Amps