Work Experience

Research Engineer Intern -> Jun '25 — Sep '25

Wrote CUDA kernels for parallel robotics simulations in the Newton physics engine
Added support for NeRD (Neural Robot Dynamics) solver, enabling learned neural network dynamics as a drop-in replacement for analytical solvers
Built SensorRTX backend for Newton with direct GPU-to-GPU data transfer between physics simulation and rendering

Software Engineer Intern -> Jun '24 — Sep '24

Developed RL environment with vision-in-the-loop for SensorRTX MuJoCo prototype; added camera types and USD-to-MuJoCo geometry conversion
Built end-to-end pipeline for benchmarking and finetuning text-to-USD (3D) LLM for synthetic data generation

Undergraduate Researcher -> April '25 — June '25

Developed LLM-based tools for AI-assisted chip design, using Claude/GPT to generate and iterate on Verilog RTL from natural language specifications
Built formal verification pipeline to validate LLM-generated hardware designs; integrated equivalence checking and property verification to catch errors before synthesis

AI Research Intern -> April '23 — Aug '23

Contributed to development of transformer-based foundation model on transaction sequences using self-supervised learning (next-transaction prediction)
Evaluated customer embeddings on downstream tasks (risk scoring, fraud detection, user characterization)

Data Scientist Intern, Computer Vision -> Aug '23 — Sep '23

Generated 3D synthetic dataset with Blender.py to train a computer vision model for placenta diagnosis
Wrote C++ code to calibrate the Polyga S1 scanner to capture full 3D models of placentas with colored textures
Assisted in training image classification and segmentation models using PyTorch on NVIDIA A100

Co-Founder and CTO -> Aug '21 to Jul '23

Co-founded Fintech company that offers a banking app and a pre-paid credit card to teens in Brazil
Successfully launched the app to market in Q1 2023 and acquired over 4,000 monthly paying customers
Currently negotiating a purchase deal with a large banking conglomerate
Manage team of 5 developers; Set schedules, coordinate tasks; Ensure tech is cost efficient and compliant

C++ Developer -> Sep '21 to Mar '22

Developed and maintained embedded software applications for the company's POS platform using C/C++ and Qt framework
- Participated in refactoring legacy code, an initiative that resulted in a 20% reduction in application errors.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including hardware engineers, product managers, and QA engineers, to ensure software solutions met project requirements and standards
Designed and implemented embedded software features, including device drivers, communication protocols, and firmware updates

Full-stack Engineer, Mobile App -> Oct '20 to Dec '21

Developed new functionalities for main React Native app and internal-use React platform of a multi-billion dollar Brazilian fintech
Worked with Git, Azure DevOps, and AWS and gained experience with Scrum and Agile in a large-scale enterprise environment.
Acquired strong knowledge of RESTful API design and implementation
Gained experience working with relational and non-relational databases such as MySQL, MongoDB, and Firebase
Integrated third-party libraries and services such as payment gateways, push notifications, and social media APIs
Got a strong sense of React/React Native architectures and design choices for enterprise apps