Robotics Engineer with a passion for building things and figuring out how they work. I enjoy combining software, hardware, and hands-on experimentation to turn ideas into working systems.

Education

University of California, Berkeley

Visiting Student Researcher

February 2025 - August 2025Berkeley, California, USA

Development of a drone-based system with advanced control and perception algorithms to efficiently coat large photovoltaic arrays.

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Master's in Robotics

September 2022 - August 2025Lausanne, Switzerland

Specializing in advanced robotics systems with focus on autonomous navigation, computer vision, perception, and robotic control systems.

Technical University of Denmark

Exchange Year - Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

September 2021 - August 2022Lyngby, Denmark

Specialized in autonomous systems and robotics.

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Bachelor's in Microengineering

September 2019 - August 2022Lausanne, Switzerland

Fundamental engineering principles with emphesis in electronics, computer science, robotics.

Experience

Learning Algorithms and Systems Laboratory (EPFL)

Robotics Research Engineer

October 2025 - PresentLausanne, Switzerland

Developing and maintaining control and machine learning software frameworks for robot arms.

UC Berkeley, HiPeRLab (High Performance Robotics Lab)

Visiting Student Researcher

February 2025 - August 2025Berkeley, US

Developed a novel ground-effect compensation scheme for close-proximity drone flight, integrating multi-control, vision localization, and navigation for autonomous flight. IROS paper: Autonomous Close-Proximity Photovoltaic Panel Coating Using a Quadcopter.

Sevensense Robotics (ABB Robotics)

Internship, Robotic Systems Engineer

July 2024 - December 2024Zürich, Switzerland

Tested and debugged the industrial floor cleaning robot as part of release testing, built system-level tests with pytest and GitLab CI/CD, and implemented a PoC for new autonomous navigation.

BIOROB Lab (EPFL)

EPFL Robotic Competition (Secured first place)

February 2024 - June 2024Lausanne, Switzerland

Integrated the ROS2 SLAM navigation system and stereoscopic-camera object detection, and developed the ROS2 control stack and high-level FSM for the winning autonomous robot.

DISAL Lab (EPFL)

Research Project

September 2023 - February 2024Lausanne, Switzerland

Developed a ROS C++ package for steel structure segmentation using Time-of-Flight cameras, Point Cloud Library, and Iterative Hough Transform.

VITA Lab (EPFL)

Course Project - Pedestrian Intention Prediction

February 2023 - June 2023Lausanne, Switzerland

Conducted research on state-of-the-art deep learning model architectures and adapted a leading-edge BERT model for predicting pedestrian crossing intentions.

Tethys Robotics

Internship, Robotic Electrical Engineer

June 2022 - September 2022Zürich, Switzerland

Built a proof-of-concept electronic speed controller (ESC) for underwater thrusters, designed an optimized ESC PCB with on-board sensing, and developed STM32 firmware for motor control.

Technical Skills

Programming & Tools 💻

PythonC/C++ROS/ROS2DockerLinuxGitMATLABPytorchOpenCVPCL

Simulation & Testing 🧪

GazeboCI/CDSystem TestingTest Automationpytest

Hardware & Mechatronics 🔌

STM32Motor DrivesEmbedded SystemsPCB (KiCad)Sensors3D PrintingMicrocontrollers (PIC, ATmega)

Control & Motion 🎛️

Impedance ControlTorque ControlMotion PlanningDynamic SystemsState Estimation

CAD Design ✏️

CreoCATIASOLIDWORKS

Languages

French

Native

English

C1

German

A2

Interests & Activities

Do-It-Yourself 🔧

Building and creating hands-on projects

Photography 📸

Capturing moments

Fitness & Hiking 🏃‍♂️🏔️

Staying active through regular exercise and exploring nature