Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Leads a team of 4 engineers on a $50,000+ 16-week effort to generate kinematics files from Simscape/Simulink models
• Collaborates with cross-functional team of engineers to support the installation, programming, and testing of show figures
• Contributes to R&D efforts focusing on applications for and development of digital twins, code generation, and hardware-in-the-loop simulations
• Authors and contributes to documentation for technical and administrative internal processes

Software Developer

Responsibilities

• Designed and developed the user interface for the company's flagship computer vision and motion planning software product for Linux OS using Python, C++, and ROS
• Proposed and aided in development of novel product features to increase product functionality and usability
• Worked hands-on with 6-DOF industrial robots and 3D cameras to complete preliminary project work and create marking material for potential customers and investors
• Designed and prototyped project-specific robot arm end effectors using CAD modeling and FFF 3D printing
• Analyzed log files to identify, isolate, and resolve product bugs and improve the user experience

Select Projects

• In-UI app for editing deployment parameters with input validation, using ROS libraries and tools
• Programmatic PCD and PLY file generation with high fidelity texture for box-shaped products from digital pictures in MATLAB

Systems Engineering Intern

Responsibilities

• Developed the software model for an existing attraction's Hardware-in-the-Loop simulator used in preparation for a PLC upgrade
• Authored event-driven C# code in Visual Studio to simulate the attraction's Wayside Ride Control logic, including creating custom classes for representing physical ride components
• Worked with partners from the Disneyland Ride Control Team to deliver a user-friendly simulator, going above and beyond product requirements by completing special requests from the clients
• Translated outdated drawings and interpreted project documentation from SmarTeam into current simulation development environment
• Successfully worked n cross-functional team using exclusively telecommunication to accommodate for limitations due to location and work-from-home requirements

Responsibilities

• Improved rigid body dynamics analysis pipeline by authoring scripts and functions for MATLAB and Simscape to increase efficiency and enhance the user experience
• Interfaced with product users and developers to investigate root cause of user-identified problems in an in-house process and product suite that facilitate the creation and sharing of an animatronic's kinematic definition across multiple disciplines and software programs
• Coordinated with 3 external vendors and in-house animators, mechanical designers, and controls programmers to support production of attraction show figures
• Completed code generation of dynamic-link libraries and TwinCat Component Object Models from the animatronic kinematics models using Simulink
• Co-authored best practices and guidelines for technical communications and deliverables
• Authored and maintained detailed documentation for assumptions, model initialization parameters, and processes for the project

Mechanical Design Intern

Responsibilities

• Designed and drafted mechanical components for 2 large-scale live events in AutoCAD
• Assessed parts' designs for manufacturability and produced complete and executable drawings for those parts
• Interfaced with design engineers and manufacturing team to resolve production, assembly, and logistics issues
  
• Modeled stage scenery assembly to ensure electromechanical design feasability
• Studied worst-case system loading to ensure system safety and inform actuator selection
• Completed several concurrent projects, all with highly urgent deadlines in accordance with client expectations