Dorian Raymer is an engineer with 19 years of hands-on experience building embedded systems, automation, and scientific instrumentation, currently contributing to system development and robotics at Unlimit Ventures. Trained in physics at UCSD, he began in academic research—publishing a widely read PNAS paper on how knots form in everyday string—before moving into distributed computing and embedded firmware. He’s a founding engineer who designed embedded control and image acquisition systems for hybrid microscopes and has deep experience integrating sCMOS cameras and real-time data networks. Comfortable across Python, C/C++, JavaScript, Matlab, LabView, and microcontroller firmware (Atmel), he pairs conceptual, physics-informed thinking with meticulous attention to implementation details. He prefers projects in science, education, or infrastructure that generate understanding or practical impact, and often prototypes electronics that are later engineered into production by collaborators. Colleagues rely on him for system architecture that bridges hardware, firmware, and software to deliver reliable data acquisition and control solutions.
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