Darius D.

Service Engineer at IBA

United States

About

Engineer with 3+ years of experience in GxP pharmaceutical/medical manufacturing, spanning AI/ML development, mechanical engineering, backend data infrastructure, and process improvement. I've built and deployed production data pipelines, reverse engineered 300+ mechanical parts using Creaform MetraSCAN 3D and SOLIDWORKS, and architected database systems managing 100,000+ records for pharmaceutical clients. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt with a track record of measurable results, including reducing lead times from 35 to 21 days and saving $25,000+ through data-driven sourcing. Experienced in delivering technical onboarding, training cross-functional teams, and managing independent contractors in GMP environments. MS in Robotics and Autonomous Systems from Arizona State University.

Experience

  • Service Engineer at IBA
    Jun 2026 - Present · 1 mo

  • Cognition Factory GmbH (Boston, Massachusetts, United States)
    • Solutions Engineer
      Jun 2025 - Jun 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo

      As a Solutions Engineer at Cognition Factory, I developed and deployed end-to-end AI pipelines and backend data infrastructure for GxP pharmaceutical manufacturing clients. My work spanned four core areas: building production AI systems (PyTorch, HuggingFace VLMs with LoRA, FasterRCNN) served as BentoML microservices with REST API integration; reverse engineering 300+ mechanical parts using Creaform MetraSCAN 3D and SOLIDWORKS with full GD&T annotation and BOM documentation; architecting Python/GraphQL/ArangoDB backends to manage 100,000+ record production databases with automated validation and revision control; and delivering technical onboarding for pharmaceutical companies, training operators and engineers on database workflows, documentation standards, and equipment data navigation within GMP environments.

    • Associate Mechanical Engineer
      Jul 2023 - Jun 2025 · 2 yrs

      As an Associate Mechanical Engineer at Cognition Factory, I built reusable Python ETL pipelines using GraphQL and ArangoDB to extract, validate, and organize mechanical part data — including part numbers, model numbers, and BOM structures — across a production database serving multiple pharmaceutical clients. I 3D scanned and reverse engineered over 90 mechanical parts of a continuous manufacturing line using Creaform MetraSCAN 3D and SOLIDWORKS, producing part drawings, assembly models, and BOMs for each unit operation. I also created training repositories for custom PyTorch models (FasterRCNN, ResNet) and HuggingFace VLM fine-tuning pipelines with PyTorch Lightning, MLflow experiment tracking, and automated evaluation metrics, and designed AI-driven classification services deployed as BentoML microservices on local and cloud infrastructure.

  • Mechanical Engineering Co-Op at Vertex Pharmaceuticals
    Jan 2023 - Jun 2023 · 6 mos

    As a Mechanical Engineer Co-Op at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, I verified and classified over 4,000 unique parts with mechanical drawings into a centralized database, improving data retrieval accuracy from 68% to 92% and reducing average search time from 9 to 3 minutes. I developed Python and GraphQL scripts for automated cost analysis and vendor comparison, reducing median procurement lead times from 35 to 21 days and saving over $25,000 through data-driven sourcing. I also led a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt project applying DMAIC, hypothesis testing, and capability analysis to diagnose spare parts process inefficiencies on a manufacturing line, and built a Python GUI for operator database access.

  • Prototype Lead at Engineering Projects in Community Service
    Jan 2022 - Jan 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Lead Prototype Engineer for the 'Adaptive Snowboard' project through EPICS at Arizona State University. I helped research and design prototypes to our solutions and presented to a team of Professional Engineers for feedback.

  • Physical Therapy Assistant at BIOMECHANICS PHYSICAL THERAPY
    Feb 2021 - Aug 2021 · 7 mos

    Left my position as a Physical Therapy Technician to continue my Bachelor's Degree at Arizona State University.