Alwyn Smith
Chief Engineer at Merge Plot
Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlwyn Smith is a multidisciplinary Chief Engineer with two decades of hands-on experience designing robotic, electro-optical, and embedded systems for defense and commercial clients. A West Point–trained mechanical engineer with graduate degrees in mechatronics and electrical engineering, he blends field-proven leadership from combat engineering with deep technical fluency in prototyping, AI-enabled perception, and systems integration. At Merge Plot he leads SBIR-driven R&D that moved multiple concepts through Phase I/II to transition, and as founder of Paladin Robotics he turns novel ideas into deployable products. His portfolio includes high-speed event-based vision, multispectral sensing, stabilized soldier optics, and modular all-terrain robots—projects that pair real-time ML with ruggedized hardware. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic TRL/MRL planning and winning technical proposals, and he thrives under pressure while building cross-functional teams that deliver mission-relevant solutions. An uncommon asset is his combination of tactical operational experience and detailed electronics/software design skills, which helps bridge user needs to technical execution.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BSME, Mechanical Engineering, BSME, Mechanical Engineering at United States Military Academy at West PointMaster’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at North Carolina State UniversityComputer Programming Certificate, Computer Science, Computer Programming Certificate, Computer Science at NC State Univeristy
English, German, Spanish
Github Skills (32)
platformio9
arduino9
esp329
esp-idf8
espressif8
esp82668
infrastructure7
iot7
python7
robot6
scale6
zeromq6
infrastructure-management6
remote-execution5
configuration-management5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
PaladinEng/pwp-capstones
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
IEEERobotics/bot
Sep 2013 - Mar 2014
Contributions:23 commits, 34 comments, 4 issues in 6 months
roboticspythonrobot
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