Luke Sy
Founding Robotics Engineer at Alloy
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolLuke Sy is a Founding Robotics Engineer based in Sydney with nine years of hands-on experience building embedded systems, medical devices, and cloud-connected solutions. He combines a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and a Master's in Computer Science to bridge electronics, firmware, and higher-level software—shipping MISRA-compliant STM32/nRF52/ESP32 firmware, Embedded Linux Yocto builds, and React/Node cloud offerings. Luke has led regulated medical device projects (ISO 13485, IEC 60601-1, IEC 62304), coordinating clinicians, manufacturers and academics to translate research into manufacturable products. He’s comfortable across the stack from low-level drivers and embedded AI (Myriad X / DepthAI) to cloud interfaces, and recently transitioned from senior embedded roles to founding a robotics engineering team. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic technical lead who pairs rigorous process knowledge with entrepreneurial curiosity, having also prototyped voice-AI teaching assistants during his academic work. His background in cross-cultural engineering roles and medical-device commercialization gives him an unusual blend of regulatory, research, and startup execution experience.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Course Work Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, MBA Course Work Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at CourseraNanodegree AI for Health, Nanodegree AI for Health at UdacityUNSW SydneyHigh School, High School at Hope Christian High SchoolBachelor’s Degree Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Electronics and Communications Engineering at University of the PhilippinesMaster’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
English, Filipino, Japanese, German
Github Skills (35)
hugo-theme10
netlify10
icu10
jupyter9
r9
page-builder9
forestry9
open-science9
hugo9
rstudio9
rmarkdown9
roamresearch8
cms8
wowchemy8
blogdown8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
gait-tech/gt.papers
Oct 2019 - Aug 2021
Contributions:42 commits, 2 PRs, 34 pushes in 1 year 10 months
lsy3/clinical-notes-diagnosis-dl-nlp
Apr 2017 - Oct 2021
Contributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 22 pushes in 4 years 6 months
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