Professional Experience

Hardware and Software Engineer.

Job type: Contract.

Led and mentored a team of engineering students in the full redesign of “Jean Luc,” an animatronic robot featured in the Winter Lights show at the Discovery Cube in Orange County, overseeing mechanical, electrical, and software integration.
Designed a custom PCB with integrated power electronics and developed a human-machine interface (HMI) to improve the actor’s control during live performances.
Programmed embedded software to synchronize the robot’s performance with live audio-visual cues.
Collaborated closely with artists and production staff to translate creative goals into functional engineering solutions.

Jean Luc with the Winter Lights Cast during rehearsals.

Job type: Full-time.

Leading the development of the RaccoonBot, a bio-inspired environmental monitoring robotic system integrating algorithm designs, mechanical systems, power electronics, robotics, sensors, and control systems.
Designed and implemented advanced embedded solutions and PCBs for real-time environmental sensing applications.
Mentored and supervised graduate and undergraduate students contributing to select RaccoonBot subsystems and other projects, providing technical guidance while leading the overall system design and integration.

RaccoonBot during validation tests.

Job type: Full-time.

Leading the development of the “World’s Smallest Autonomous Aquatic Robots” project, integrating electrical systems design, Embedded systems, ANN, MHD actuators development and control systems.
Developed novel power electronic circuits to drive Magneto-Hydrodynamic (MHD) motors.
Created new MHD motors to pave the way for future micro-robots .
Enhanced team building and leadership skills through mentoring opportunities.

Developed driving circuit design for MHD motors.

Job type: Part-time.

Designed and programmed embedded systems for Micro-CNC machines as part of the Bi-National Laboratory on Smart Sustainable Energy Management and Technology Training project at the Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Micro-CNC machines developed at Tecnologico de Monterrey.

Job type: Full-time.

Gained first-hand experience in the complete product development cycle within a startup environment, from early concept and prototyping to final production, deployment, and end-user training for customer operation.
Contributed to debugging high-voltage PCB layouts and the development of embedded control systems using FreeRTOS on an NXP MK64FN1M0VLL12 microcontroller.
Designed and Implemented advanced power electronics circuits, PCB layout design, embedded power solutions, and motor control strategies.
Collaborated in the design of 400V power supplies and power inverters for three-phase AC motors, BLDC motors, DC motors and other sustainable energy applications.
Developed LabVIEW VI's and conducted automated reliability tests through an NI FPGA to ensure performance under a wide range of control signals and modulation techniques.