Resume
Career Vision
To design beautiful, functional mechatronic systems in collaboration with other motivated and creative people on a close-knit team. To achieve design ownership of components and designs, while consistently expanding skills and responsibilities, through projects centered on robotics, and controls.
Relevant Experience
Dec 2020Â - Current
Contract Engineer
• Authoring firmware/drivers (C) onto Atmel AVR MCUs while iterating electronic design.
• PCB design for DC motor control, power supply and sensor integration in EagleCAD.
• Prototyping and debugging embedded systems using oscilloscopes and digital logic analyzers.
• Developing complex 3D surface models in SolidWorks while considering DFM and cost
Oct 2021 - Current
Robotic Systems Engineer - Greenzie
Helping to develop and implement hardware solutions for autonomous lawncare products.
Aug 2018 - Sep 2020
Graduate Research Assistant - Portland State
• Designed and manufactured robust, reproducible, micro-controlled systems used to actuate stepper motors and solenoids for use with automated testing.
• Defined mechanical, electrical and software design requirements for mechatronic systems.
• Experience using advanced numerical methods to optimize physical design parameters.
• Streamlined complex data processing with the development of Matlab code.
• Iterated 3D models to create easily manufacturable prototypes and assemblies.
• Facilitated communication between computational (Matlab) and microcontroller environments (C) via UART communication.
• Led a large field study with a cross disciplinary team, assisted in DOE, applied statistical analysis, documented, and presented findings to stakeholders with varying technical abilities.
• Experience calibrating and filtering digital sensor data transferred using I2C protocol, for use in closed-loop control systems.
• Used Matlab/Simulink to model unstable systems and develop realistic control algorithms for analog and digital environments.
• Used system identification methods to efficiently control an experimental system.
• Authored technical manuals and troubleshooting protocols for mechatronic systems.
• Clearly communicated with cross disciplinary teams of diverse skillsets, while engaging in concurrent projects requiring high attention to detail and broad technical scope.
Aug 2014 - Aug 2018
Aug 2020 - Current
Owner & Operator - Survilo Cabinets and Carpentry
• Developed a reputation for reliability, creativity and integrity while managing a small business focused on customer satisfaction.
• Communicated effectively and maintained dynamic relations with customers and contractors to adapt to evolving project requirements.
Education
Aug 2018 - June 2020
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (GPA 3.71)
Portland State University
Aug 2014 - June 2016
Bachelors of Science in Chemistry (GPA 3.45)
University of California, Davis