Professional Experience
Building reliable systems and automation at scale — from cloud and AI infrastructure to industrial robotics and education.
11+ years
Experience
8
Companies
13
Positions
309+
Robotic Cells
Now
Kirkland, WA · Jun 2026 – Present · 1+ months
Systems Development Engineer III
Kirkland, WA · Jun 2026 – Present · 1+ months
Highlights
- Build and operate infrastructure for Google Cloud TPUs, powering large-scale AI/ML training and inference workloads.
- Develop automation, tooling, and observability to improve reliability and deployment velocity across the TPU fleet.
- Partner across hardware, platform, and software teams to bring up and validate new TPU generations at data-center scale.
- Drive root-cause analysis and reliability improvements that keep accelerator infrastructure healthy for AI workloads.
Keywords
Systems development engineerTPU infrastructureAI/ML workloadsCloud infrastructureReliability engineeringAutomationData center
Dec2025
Seattle, WA · Jun 2021 – Dec 2025 · 4 years 7 months(3 roles)
Robotics Systems Development Engineer II (L5)
Seattle, WA · Jul 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1 year 6 months
Highlights
- Promoted for driving large-scale deployment and optimization of robotic fulfillment solutions.
- Designed an anchor alignment solution to improve install repeatability; reduced installation time from ~2 hours to ~10 minutes per station and saved 72 labor hours at major sites.
- Built automation enabling off-site commissioning ahead of full network readiness; shortened deployment schedules by up to 50% in pilot projects.
- Contributed to hardware design reviews and power solutions for sensor systems; reduced deployment risk and avoided costly retrofits.
Keywords
Robotics systems development engineerSystems integrationCommissioningTest automationReliabilityMachine visionDeployment
Robotics Systems Development Engineer I
Seattle, WA · Nov 2022 – Jul 2024 · 1 year 9 months
Highlights
- Commissioned 59+ robotic cells across multiple North America locations; completed retrofits in ~half the usual time.
- Developed commissioning Bash automation to reduce wait times by 11+ hours per cell; saved 649 labor hours total.
- Standardized time studies to capture baseline cycle times and correct task estimates, preventing large scheduling overhead.
- Authored machine vision firmware to reduce manual video review time by ~60%, enabling parallel data collection and analysis.
Keywords
Robotics integrationCommissioning automationBash scriptingMachine visionFirmwareValidation
Robotics Integration Engineer I
Seattle, WA · Jun 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 year 6 months
Highlights
- Commissioned 250+ robotic cells across 15 sites; identified design flaws early to avoid expensive retrofits.
- Automated software validation, reducing commissioning tasks from days to under an hour in some workflows.
- Delivered commissioning ahead of schedule and supported large on-site teams for deployment and troubleshooting.
- Led on-site teams in deployment, remote troubleshooting, and PLC programming with safety compliance and clean handoffs.
Keywords
Robotics commissioningBring-upPLC programmingTroubleshootingDeployment opsValidation automation
Aug2025
San Francisco, CA · Jan 2018 – Aug 2025 · 7 years 8 months(4 roles)
Lead Robotics Engineer & ResearcherPart-Time
San Francisco, CA · May 2020 – Aug 2025 · 5 years 4 months
Highlights
- Founded Hands-On Labs, a remote robotics platform for students, architected the system (patent pending) with a Flask backend and custom front-end interface for remote operation.
- Designed a Python scripting API for complex motion sequences and student robotics curricula.
- Mentored junior engineers and owned roadmap delivery from prototype to deployment.
Keywords
FlaskRobotics educationRemote roboticsAPI designPython
Peer TutorPart-Time
San Francisco Bay Area · Sep 2017 – May 2020 · 2 years 9 months
Highlights
- Lead classes to teach students programming.
- Work with the faculty to teach students using python as a data analysis and data visualization tool.
- Hold office hours to help students in programming and mathematics.
Keywords
TeachingPythonData analysisData visualizationMathematicsTeamwork
Technical SupportInternship
San Francisco Bay Area · Sep 2017 – May 2020 · 2 years 9 months
Highlights
- Provide guidance through system bugs for students and faculty using the class forum.
- Log errors and system, server and user errors for the Active Learning Forum.
- Conduct User Experience research to inform feature addition in the system.
Keywords
Technical supportUser experienceSystem debuggingError loggingForum management
Teaching Assistant for CS110 - Introduction to AlgorithmsInternship
San Francisco Bay Area · Jan 2018 – Apr 2020 · 2 years 4 months
Highlights
- Assigned by the dean to facilitate weekly coding labs to assist peers in coding.
- Collaborated with professors to grade assigned coding tasks.
Keywords
TeachingAlgorithmsPythonComputer ScienceEducation
Sep2019
Greater Tokyo Area · Jul 2019 – Sep 2019 · 3 months
Robotics Education Program Instructor, and ResearcherInternship
Greater Tokyo Area · Jul 2019 – Sep 2019 · 3 months
Highlights
- Planned and taught robotics lessons at Hakuba International School Foundation.
- Researched the different 'education models' at Hakuba International School Foundation.
Keywords
Robotics educationTeachingResearchInternational educationCurriculum development
Jul2019
Alexandria, Egypt · May 2019 – Jul 2019 · 3 months
Technical SupportInternship
Alexandria, Egypt · May 2019 – Jul 2019 · 3 months
Highlights
- Assisted debugging faulty car's computers using BMW intuitive software and hardware.
- Assisted the development of new software to increase workers efficiency.
Keywords
Technical supportAutomotive diagnosticsSoftware developmentHardware debuggingAutomotive systems
Dec2018
Seoul Incheon Metropolitan Area · Sep 2018 – Dec 2018 · 4 months
Software DevelopmentInternship
Seoul Incheon Metropolitan Area · Sep 2018 – Dec 2018 · 4 months
Highlights
- Assisted the development of new software to increase workers efficiency.
- Assisted the experimentation in measuring workers' efficiency.
Keywords
Software developmentAutomotive industryProcess optimizationEfficiency measurementData analysis
May2018
Brazil · Mar 2018 – May 2018 · 3 months
Delivery market research and data analysisInternship
Brazil · Mar 2018 – May 2018 · 3 months
Highlights
- Designed software to predict future deliveries using machine learning and dataset mining.
- Conducted market research on the best practices of other delivery companies.
Keywords
Machine learningData analysisMarket researchSoftware developmentLogisticsPredictive analytics
Dec2016
Cairo, Egypt · Jan 2015 – Dec 2016 · 2 years
Robotics teacherPart-Time
Cairo, Egypt · Jan 2015 – Dec 2016 · 2 years
Highlights
- Coached kids entering the world robotics Olympiad.
- Taught kids about the basic electronic and mechanical principles.
- Taught 'Arduino Programming' course.
- Taught 'how to make your own drone' course.
Keywords
Robotics educationTeachingArduinoElectronicsMechanical engineeringDronesRobotics competitions