Nickolas Demas
Technical Manager at Boston Dynamics
Greater Boston United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNickolas Demas is a technical manager and seasoned mech‑atronics engineer with 10 years of experience leading hardware teams at Boston Dynamics and running his own consultancy and product ventures. He blends hands‑on design, prototyping, and failure analysis with program leadership—having advanced from engineer to team lead to manager while also co-founding Swift-Strap and inventing the THOR tourniquet. His MIT PhD work produced novel sensors and acoustic measurement techniques for biomedical and environmental applications, and he has a track record of translating research prototypes into manufacturable products and production‑line improvements. Based in Greater Boston, he pairs deep expertise in sensing, mechatronics, and DFM/DFA with entrepreneurial instincts for productization and cross‑functional execution. An atypical strength is his sustained parallel career as a consultant and founder while climbing technical leadership ranks at a world‑class robotics company.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.S.) Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mechanical Engineering at Yale UniversityFayetteville Manlius High School
English, Greek, Japanese, French
Github Skills (3)
python7
ros5
middleware4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
hangzhaomit/Duckietown
Feb 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:46 commits in 2 months
driverscollectcarsros-driversros
Duckietown-NCTU/Software
Feb 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:29 commits in 20 days
driverscollectcarsros-driversros
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