Christian Freitas
Senior Software Engineer - Surgical Robotics at Medtronic
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolChristian Freitas is a senior software engineer specializing in surgical robotics with nine years of experience building control strategies and predictive models for safe human-robot interaction. Currently at Medtronic after roles at the Broad Institute and Vecna Robotics, he blends hands-on systems engineering with research-grade algorithm development from his MS in Robotics. His background includes real-world control and estimation work—from Kalman-based visual servoing and DC motor controllers in medical robotics to integrating hemodynamic models at the NIH—plus backend contributions to the widely used Cromwell workflow engine. Based in Boston, he excels at translating academic techniques into production-ready robotic systems that prioritize reliability and human safety.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Electrical and Computer Engineering Concentration in Robotics, Master of Science - MS Electrical and Computer Engineering Concentration in Robotics at University of Rochester
English
Github Skills (8)
dependency-management10
backend10
back-end-development10
scala10
dockers9
azure-blob-storage9
google-cloud-storage9
docker9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
broadinstitute/cromwell
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
Scientific workflow engine designed for simplicity & scalability. Trivially transition between one off use cases to massive scale production environments
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:1 release, 111 reviews, 148 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Christian primarily contributed to removing and reverting the removal of backend components, specifically related to the Alibaba/Aliyun backend. They made dependency corrections for docker hashing, and removed and reverted OSS references. They also upgraded GoogleCloudStorage and configured and tested BlobPathBuilderFactory.
casestransitionbioinformaticsworkflow-executioncommon-workflow-language
kraefrei/dotfiles
Oct 2017 - Feb 2019
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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