Andrew Sack

asack@stanford.edu | andrewgsack.com | linkedin.com/in/andrew-sack

EDUCATION
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
anticipated March 2023, GPA 4.04
Tufts University, Medford, MA
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering,
summa cum laude, conferred May 2020
Minor: Computer Science, GPA 3.92

RELEVANT COURSES
Engineering: Mechatronics, Control Theory, Robotics, Machine Design, Dynamics & Vibrations, Electrical Systems
Computer Science: Embedded Systems, Algorithms, Data Structures, Computation Theory, Numerical Methods

SKILLS
Programming Languages: C, Python, MATLAB, C++, Arduino, LabVIEW
Software/Tools: Linux, Git, Solidworks, Inventor, Creo, Jira, Confluence, CANalyzer
Technical: 3D printing, Laser Cutting, CNC Fabrication, Microcontrollers, Soldering, Oscilloscope

EXPERIENCE
Rivian, Software Systems Integration Intern, Palo Alto, CA June 2022 - September 2022
▪ Drove implementation from design through integration of new feature to reduce idle range loss while vehicles are
being transported and avoid costly instances of vehicles arriving to customers with dead batteries
▪ Contributed to requirements and state machine design for the feature, implemented in C, wrote and performed
integration test cases
▪ Created an efficient, easy-to-use Python tool to automate the selection and download of vehicle build artifacts
▪ Diagnosed causes of high battery drain on customer vehicles using a variety of internal and 3rd-party tools and
created dashboards to quickly identify future occurrences of these known issues

Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Lab, Research Assistant, Stanford University January 2022 - June 2022
▪ Analyzed control system behavior for a consumer indoor quadcopter and tuned parameters to improve performance
▪ Developed and executed tests to determine drone’s response to wind and other disturbances

SharkNinja, Needham, MA
IOT Product Development Co-op January 2021 – August 2021
▪ Defined user stories and specifications for new features for robotic vacuum smartphone app
▪ Collaborated with development, testing, and hardware teams to ensure accurate implementation of features
▪ Led development of app translation and localization in support of 6 new market launches in Europe and Japan
▪ Managed team of 150 external testers across 4 countries to provide rapid feedback on app bugs and improvements
Software QA Automation Co-op June 2020 – December 2020
▪ Developed and executed test cases to validate functionality of robot vacuums against their requirement specification
▪ Identified and documented software defects using Jira and interfaced with software team to resolve them
▪ Created python scripts to automate repetitive tests and analyze the results, enabling increased testing frequency

Technion Institute of Technology, Research Assistant, Haifa, Israel June 2019 - August 2019
▪ Researched educational robotics at the Center for Robotics and Digital Technology Education
▪ Developed remote robot operation experience utilizing Augmented Reality in PTC Thingworx and Vuforia

SharkNinja, Mechanical Engineering Intern, Quality, Needham, MA May 2018 - August 2018
▪ Created test protocols and tools to assess performance of robot vacuums
▪ Developed python program to analyze motion profile and wheel slip of robots

Systems and Technology Research, Control and Estimation Systems Intern, Woburn, MA June - August, 2015 - 2017
▪ Developed MATLAB tools to create and analyze data and automate testing for image-based navigation software
▪ Spearheaded creation of a quadcopter lab for real-time testing of software on realistic hardware