Sam Cooler
Senior Test Development Engineer at Atomic Machines
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolSam Cooler is a Senior Test Development Engineer with 16 years of experience building and validating complex electromechanical and computational systems, currently designing robotic test platforms at Atomic Machines in Emeryville. Trained as a neuroscientist (PhD) and electrical engineer, he has bridged academia and industry by scaling neural data pipelines, improving retinal response models, and shipping diagnostics and calibration software for neural-interface hardware. His background spans wireless systems and embedded diagnostics to hands-on lab rigs and production test automation, enabling him to translate research-grade experiments into reliable product workflows. As an artist and maker he designs large-scale interactive sculptures that combine sensors, motors, firmware, and software—an avocation that informs his creative approach to engineering problems. Notably, he built platforms that scaled neural recordings from thousands to over 100,000 neurons and improved predictive models by ~20%, demonstrating both deep quantitative skill and pragmatic system design. Based in the Bay Area, he thrives on dismantling and stress-testing novel devices to make them robust for real-world use.
16 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Neuroscience at Northwestern UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Ohio State University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (24)
robotics10
racing10
perception10
symphony9
autopilot9
rover9
autonomous-vehicles9
iot9
protocols8
cnc-controller8
gcode7
wifi5
artnet5
code-analysis5
3d-printing5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Schwartz-AlaLaurila-Labs/sa-labs-extension
Jul 2016 - Apr 2021
Contributions:342 commits, 4 PRs, 316 pushes in 4 years 9 months
rigssymphonyprotocols
samcooler/beacon
Sep 2015 - Dec 2019
Contributions:5 commits, 3 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 3 months
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