Adam Watts

Senior Robotics Engineer

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

About

A robotics engineer driven by a passion for solving real-world challenges. My expertise sits at the intersection of autonomous perception and behavior, systems integration and platform engineering. ROS2 evangelist

Experience

  • Senior Roboticist at OLO Robotics
    Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

  • Senior Engineer at Frazer-Nash Consultancy
    Sep 2024 - Mar 2026 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Working as part of the Assured Autonomous Systems team, who are developing a world-leading UAS capability, I have: • Developed features related to computer vision, network communication and task-level system behavior • Led hardware integration activities and written custom CUDA kernels to accelerate perception algorithms • Significantly improved the CI/CD process by developing integration tests, container optimisations and automated deployment from cloud to platform

  • MTC - Manufacturing Technology Centre (Full-time · 4 yrs)
    • Research Engineer
      Sep 2022 - Aug 2024 · 2 yrs

      As part of the Intelligent Robotics team at the MTC I worked to develop and de-risk technologies in the fields of robotic perception and manipulation, AI/ML vision systems, and human-robot collaboration.

    • Graduate Research Engineer
      Sep 2020 - Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Product Engineering Placement at AETC Ltd
    Jun 2017 - Jun 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Focused on NPI, developing a reliable process for manufacturing cutting edge gas turbine airfoils within a demanding specification. Carried out development trials throughout the investment casting process, building knowledge in process design, metallurgy, metrology and NDT in a production environment. Implemented a new automated dimensional data monitoring and reporting system to allow greater reactivity to dimensional non-comformities