I earned my Master’s degree in the field of Computer Science with a focus on autonomous systems. During my Master’s, I joined Fraunhofer as a research assistant to learn about localization, path planning, and navigation for autonomous drones. I also joined the university robotics team and gained experience with object recognition and robot arm manipulation for autonomous mobile robots. After my studies in Germany, I joined A*STAR as a research engineer to work on computer vision with robots. I’m currently working on multiple industry projects in Singapore and having fun with robots.
Work Experience
A*STAR SIMTech, Singapore (2022-2026)
Senior Research Engineer
- Deployed multi-modal AI pipelines in AWS EC2 for remote robot operation.
- Integrated foundation models in robotic pipelines for reliable task execution in labs and industrial scenes.
- Developed data processing pipelines for robot operation involving 3D vision-based localization and manipulation tasks.
- Designed the overall system architecture for local and remote operation of mobile manipulators in multi-sensor setups.
Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany (2019-2021)
Computer Vision Researcher
- Supported the development of engineering projects in the field of computer vision for military drone-based applications.
- Designed visual localization systems on Python and C++ using machine learning, and built virtual environments using ROS to simulate drones using such systems.
Garrison Flight Research Center, United States (2016-2017)
Collision Avoidance Research Assistant
- Supported the development of collision avoidance software in the field of risk mitigation for military drone-based applications.
- Evaluated popular collision avoidance systems for UAVs in custom virtual environments using MATLAB.
Education
Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany (2018-2021)
Master of Science in Autonomous Systems
- Thesis on visual-inertial localization systems for autonomous drones using machine learning
- RoboCup 2019 World Championship with the university robotics team
University of Kansas, United States (2013-2016)
Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Aerospace Engineering
- Full-Tuition Scholarship
- Vice-president of the International Student Engineering Association (iSEA)
Technical Skills
- Cloud Platforms: Amazon EC2
- Operating systems: NVIDIA Jetson Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Windows Subsystem for Linux
- Programming languages: Python, C++, MATLAB
- Machine learning: Pytorch, Jax, CUDA
- Other tools: ROS, Git, PowerBI, Latex
Publications
b-it-bots: Our Approach for Autonomous Robotics in Industrial Environments. RoboCup 2019.
Languages
- English (Fluent)
- Spanish (Native)
- German (Basic)