Adrian Rodriguez Rivadulla

MLOps Engineer | PhD in Biomechanics

Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area

About

I am a machine learning engineer with a background in human biomechanics. I completed my PhD in the Department for Health at the University of Bath, where I investigated how ML could provide new insights into human movement analysis and sensor signal processing. One of the aspects I most enjoyed during my doctoral studies was designing, training, and evaluating ML models, which motivated me to work for two wearable sensor start-ups at the intersection of biomechanics and ML during my PhD, and later apply ML to neurotechnology as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Computer Science at Bath. In 2025, I transitioned into industry full-time to focus on scaling ML beyond research. I joined AstraZeneca as an MLOps Engineer in Barcelona, where I develop solutions that enable models to move reliably from experimentation to production, as well as agentic AI systems. My aim is to combine research-driven innovation with robust engineering practices to deliver machine learning solutions that are impactful, reliable, and scalable. [Last updated 22 Sept, 2025]

Experience

  • MLOps Engineer at AstraZeneca
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Research Associate in AI for Neurotechnology at Bath Institute for the Augmented Human
    Nov 2024 - Apr 2025 · 6 mos

    Turing Research Associate AI for Neurotechnology in the Department of Computer Science. Provided signal processing and machine learning engineering support in several EEG-related research projects across the Institute.

  • University of Bath (5 yrs 9 mos)
    • PHD Student
      Jan 2019 - Sep 2024 · 5 yrs 9 mos

    • Lecturer
      Jan 2024 - Aug 2024 · 8 mos

      Co-convenor of the Functional Anatomy and Sporting Movement Analysis unit taught within the Sport and Exercise Medicine MSc programme offered by the University of Bath for medical doctors and physiotherapists

    • Casual Teaching Assistant
      Jan 2019 - Nov 2022 · 3 yrs 11 mos

      Taught labs, tutorials and lectures across several Biomechanics and Advanaced Statistics units part of the Sports and Exercise Science BSc and MSci programmes

  • Data Scientist at Tonus Tech
    Jun 2022 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Member of a multidisciplinary team of engineers and medical doctors within the start-up which focused on innovation within the healthy ageing space. I contributed to the development of the company's first wearable garment instrumented with inertial measurement units for the analysis of human movement. I created software pipelines for biomechanical modelling based on the sensor data to obtain segment and joint kinematics. I developed and implemented the company’s first flagship product: a machine learning-based movement quality scoring system that could provide actionable insights to promote healthier mobility and improve quality of life for users.

  • Biomechanics and Machine learning consultant at NURVV
    Feb 2021 - Jul 2021 · 6 mos

    Consultancy project working with the Biomechanics and Hardware teams of the start-up which developed wearable sensors for runners. I developed and implemented a machine learning model and associated data pipelines to improve the accuracy of one of the company’s key metrics provided to their clients by 10%.