Boston, Massachusetts, United States
* Versatile R&D engineering leader and individual contributor with experience in rapid development of advanced electromechanical systems and medical devices from concept generation to system design to prototype design/build/test to manufacturing transfer and design verification * Repeated success leading multi-disciplinary teams of hardware/software/human factors engineers, industrial designers, scientists, subcontractors, and technicians toward innovative solutions * Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills to support critical engineering decisions and troubleshoot prototype systems under development * Keen attention to detail for managing complex interdependencies in systems, project plans, and documentation
Systems Architecture contractor at Amazon Robotics: * Drove architecting efforts to develop safe/functional interactions between autonomous mobile robots, automated package stacking workcells, and associates in outbound dock of Amazon fulfillment centers * Led a cross-functional team with members from multiple product development efforts to collaboratively define the system-of-systems use cases, activity sequences, and interfaces in support of incremental integration testing and performance evaluation * Spearheaded the writing of ConOps and functional requirements for outbound dock automated equipment response to building-level fire/tornado alarms
* Served as lead systems engineer for patient cart capital equipment, including development of system/subsystem requirements, managing subsystem interfaces, refining user interaction design, contributing to workflow development and task analysis, leading DFMEA sessions * Led system architecture development for end-to-end motion control pipeline to ensure performance and safety, including SysML modeling and associated design documentation for logical and physical architecture, allocation of functionality to hardware and software modules * Worked with quality engineering to establish company-wide processes and best practices for writing requirements, conducting hazard analysis and DFMEAs
* Technical leader on diverse projects including: developing an implantable neurostimulator; developing equipment for intraoperative generation of injectable ice slurry, designing novel mechanisms for drug delivery devices; inventing fluid mixing solutions for consumer appliances * Lead hardware engineer on multiple projects developing medical devices from concept to verified system ready for human clinical trial * Development work on 5 different surgical robot systems including: product definition from user needs; concept development; system architecting and integration strategy; surgeon interface concepting and interaction prototyping; execution of Validation study with clinicians
* Lead engineer on various projects to develop complex automated systems for US Navy and DOT/FRA * Projects include coordinated mobile material handling robots for use on ships at sea; systems for launch and recovery of towed payloads and UUVs from USV platforms; and a roadside sensor system for detecting vehicles at risk of hang-up at raised railroad crossings * Managed multi-disciplinary teams from concept through detailed design to tested works-like prototype