Resume

Systems engineer with aerospace training and a hands-on focus on robotics, autonomy, and software-heavy systems.

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Location

Greater St. Louis · Open to remote-friendly collaboration.

Core strengths

  • Systems Integration
  • Trade Studies
  • Robotics Prototyping
  • Vision + ML

Looking for

Teams shipping autonomy-driven products that need disciplined systems engineering and rapid prototyping.

Experience

Systems Engineer — Boeing

January 2024 — Present · Greater St. Louis

System-level reasoning, interface definition, and trade studies for aerospace programs. Focused on translating high-level requirements into implementable technical solutions.

Design Engineering Intern — Young & Franklin Tactair

August 2023 — December 2023 · Ohio

Investigated non-conformances, modeled load paths, and validated design changes with physics models and ANSYS/MATLAB comparisons. Built automation tools to reduce report time.

Engineering Intern — Howmet Aerospace

May 2023 — August 2023 · Niles, Ohio

Built HMI/SCADA workflows, automated inspection data pipelines, and delivered SQL-backed reporting tools for quality and throughput visibility.

Test Engineering Intern — Bridgestone Americas

May 2021 — August 2021 · Akron, Ohio

Designed Excel/VBA tools to automate endurance test reporting from high-volume time series data and ensured compliance with test standards.

Data Insights Intern — Bridgestone Americas

June 2019 — August 2019 · Akron, Ohio

Audited NLP sentiment pipelines, analyzed customer survey data, and built MATLAB ML models to predict retention and satisfaction.

Education

Purdue University

M.S. Aerospace, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering · Jan 2022 — Dec 2023

B.S. Aerospace, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering · Aug 2019 — Dec 2022

Focus Areas

  • Systems Engineering
  • Robotics & Autonomy
  • Computer Vision
  • Embedded Systems (STM32)
  • Jetson / Edge AI
  • iOS / Swift
  • Modeling & Simulation

Historical Perspective

A short timeline of how the work evolved from early robotics and software into systems engineering.

2013–2014 · Early curiosity

Started Chinese, joined First LEGO League, learned basic block programming, and placed in environmental science at a school science fair.

2016 · First real software build

Completed a C# coding camp, built a simple tic‑tac‑toe game, and began contributing to robotics with CAD and Java experimentation.

2017 · Robotics leadership + entrepreneurship

Started a new robotics team, mentored younger members, advanced CAD practices, and explored entrepreneurship through LaunchX and early web work.

2018 · Deeper systems thinking

Scaled the LaunchX club, intensified robotics iteration, and expanded into C++ and advanced physics coursework.

2019 · Robotics peak + data science internship

Led top‑ranked robotics performance in NE Ohio, implemented PID control and localization, and built ML models at Bridgestone for customer retention prediction.

2020 · Hardware‑software integration

Prototyped a boxing robot with Arduino + Bluetooth, began PCB design, and advanced manufacturing with CNC/CAM alongside aerospace coursework.

2021 · Systems + controls

Signals processing in Python, controls theory, additive manufacturing design, and test engineering work with large‑scale data pipelines at Bridgestone.

2022 · Advanced systems modeling

System‑of‑systems modeling, optimization, safety/reliability methods, spacecraft dynamics, and senior design focused on orbital risk and mission analysis.

2023 · Industrial software + automation

Developed HMI/SCADA tooling, automated inspection data flows, and delivered engineering dashboards; completed a design engineering internship focused on modeling and validation.

2024–Now · Systems engineering at Boeing

Apply systems thinking, interface analysis, and trade studies on complex aerospace programs while building robotics and vision‑centric side projects.

About

I am an aerospace engineer by training (B.S. + M.S. at Purdue University) and currently a systems engineer at Boeing. My strength is in systems thinking, integration, and design engineering—translating high‑level requirements into implementable technical solutions. I am increasingly focused on bridging traditional systems engineering with software‑heavy, autonomy‑driven products.

Outside of work, I build end‑to‑end systems that combine software, hardware, and applied AI. My projects emphasize real‑world constraints, integration challenges, and measurable outcomes rather than isolated demos. Key interests include robotics, autonomy, embedded systems, computer vision, and iOS as a user‑facing control layer.

I value clean architecture, thoughtful tradeoffs, and systems that are reliable and maintainable. For my portfolio, the goal is evidence: clear demonstrations of how I think, what I build, and how I approach complex systems.