Robotics
At Advanced Metal Research I’m the learning and autonomy engineer on robotic welding: shared run data from the robot controller to queryable evidence, a verification ladder tied to merges and releases, and the team’s agent software factory. The current focus is the staged path from simulation to supervised process-off trials on the assembled robot, with results that replay from their recorded inputs.
Model evaluation
I’m exploring calibration, abstention, and how to test model decisions when context changes or evidence is missing. This grows out of my earlier work on tactical behavior analytics and code repair.
Work opportunities
I’m looking for a full-time role or focused consulting with deep tech teams in Los Angeles, especially El Segundo and the South Bay: robotics, autonomy, defense, and aerospace. I’m based in Carpinteria, work hybrid in Hawthorne, and am relocating to the South Bay, with Redondo Beach in mind. Email me.
Writing and creative work
I’m writing more: essays and shorter notes on AI, perception, engineering judgment, and music. They land on the writing page, alongside piano and composition and a graph of public notes.