Emiliano Rodriguez
Mechanical & Software Engineer
Mechanical engineer with 6+ years of experience in data science building data intensive applications. Tackling challenging architectural and scalability problems in finance, aerospace, and healthcare.
Most Proud Of
Industry Leader
MVP selected as the benchmark for standards, documentation, and presentation delivery across 6 different DoD contractors within AFRL's Munitions Directorate. Secured a 2-year project extension and an additional $2M in funding.
Automation Specialist
Led Anyar's MLDevOps and data pipeline systems for petabyte scale physics simulations. Automated USAA's inbound/outbound cycle for the credit risk, bank data analytics risk decision engine production cycle.
Cost Reduction
$10,000 cost reduction in the manufacturing of a quadruped robot for UTSA's robotics research lab.
Extracurricular & Certifications
Experience
Robotics Data Engineer
Planned Systems International
January 2025 - Present
Valparaiso, FL
- •Delivered a full stack BI application that reduced data-to-visualization turnaround time by 3 weeks
- •Digital Twin of EV healthcare vehicle with integrated XR application and fleet management software
- •Developed a robotics AI platform in NVIDIA Isaac Sim supporting diverse robots and drones
Machine Learning Engineer & Staff Engineer
Anyar Inc.
June 2023 - December 2024
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Machine Learning Engineer
- •Mesh graph neural networks (MGNN) for multi-variate physics systems in a simulation environment
- •End-to-end PyTorch training frameworks, optimizing data structures and enhancing physics engine hydrocodes
- •Built CI/CD DevOps ML pipelines, Ansible controllers, a centralized ecosystem and HPC training workflows
Staff Engineer
- •PM/Tech Lead - designed a scalable big data architecture, ETL factory, web application and API integration project with Scality's object storage backend for AFRL's scientific research while leading 8 engineers
- •Coordinating diverse data management across multiple scientific and engineering teams via NiFi and Kubernetes
- •Utilized agile methodologies with monthly sprint review meetings across cross-functional DoD teams
Data Engineer
USAA
June 2019 - June 2023
San Antonio, TX
- •Bank Data and Analytics - Risk Decision Engine Team. Batch and streaming data applications using Python, Apache Kafka, NiFi, Docker, Hadoop HDFS, Hive, DataStage, SnowFlake, DBT
- •Control-M scheduling and data management workflow automation
- •Developed a Python data control check framework for big data integrity and consolidation
Lead Software Developer
Brobotics Inc.
August 2018 - June 2019
San Antonio, TX
- •Capstone Project - designed and built an inexpensive, open-source 3D printed quadrupedal robot for academic research at UTSA's Robotics and Motion Laboratory
- •Raspberry Pi, Robot Operating System (ROS) and O-drive motor controllers with Python built software architecture
Education
University of Texas at San Antonio
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Minor: Computer Science
GPA: 3.52
Fall 2016 - Spring 2019
San Antonio, TX
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