Cole Smith
Software Engineer at COMMONWEALTH CENTER FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCole Smith is a multidisciplinary software engineer and mechanical engineering Rodman Scholar at the University of Virginia with eight years of hands-on experience integrating hardware and software across robotics, sensors, and manufacturing systems. He has prototyped sensor boards and developed embedded firmware (RP2040, Pi Pico, Arduino), built flexible conductive-polymer temperature sensors, and designed pneumatic grippers and collaborative-robot workflows that lower cost and improve ergonomics. At CCAM he delivered a sub-$cost commercial indoor tracking solution with 10 cm precision and performed market and tooling analyses that informed manufacturing adoption. Comfortable from microscopic PCB assembly to systems-level prototyping, he combines practical fabrication skills with AI/ML interests from graduate work at UMass Amherst. Driven by spaceflight, robotics, and sustainable energy, he seeks problems that push both his technical range and collaborative instincts. Notably, he brings a user-focused mindset from frontline technical support roles, translating customer pain points into resilient engineering solutions.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering at University of Virginia
Github Skills (82)
python10
mqtt9
sdk9
home-automation9
azure9
azure-functions9
automation9
home-assistant9
privacy9
raspberry-pi9
iot9
pdfkit8
pdfium8
pdf-document8
printing8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
david-fisher/320-S19-Track1
Apr 2019 - May 2019
Integration Track 1's repo for all five teams use.
Contributions:100 commits, 88 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
fivejava
Th3OnlyN00b/Sola
Aug 2019 - Sep 2021
Contributions:3 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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