Resume

An experienced Systems QA Engineer with 10+ years Robotics, 6+ fortune 50 & fast-paced 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.

Greater Boston, MA – 10/2021 to Present

► 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.

North Reading, MA – 04/2020 to 10/2021

► 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.

Seattle, WA – 04/2018 to 04/2020

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

► Workcell SME – 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.

North Reading, MA – 03/2017 to 04/2018

► 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.

Burlington, MA – 03/2015 to 03/2017

► 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

Robotics

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

Embedded

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

Wire Protocols

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

RF Technology

– Licensed HAM Operator (G/KC1RNQ), SDR, HackRF, Antenna Theory, Filters, Amps