Summary
Tom Hazell is a Senior Software Engineer with 10 years’ experience designing and delivering safety-critical robotic systems, currently leading systems and controls for the Ligo surgical robot at Inventia Life Science. He spans the full stack—from PLC and real-time motion control, pneumatics and electrical design to Python backends, ROS, Java services and Vue.js frontends—and has set up CI/CD, ML inference pipelines and cross-platform deployments for clinical-grade hardware. Previously he developed motion-control and anti-swing systems for live theatre and industrial automation, work that now tours internationally, demonstrating a knack for translating novel control algorithms into robust, fielded systems. A First Class Honours BE/ME (UNSW) graduate, Tom combines hands-on wiring and PLC programming with higher-level architecture and sprint leadership in small teams. Outside engineering he sings semi-professionally and pursues endurance sports and bouldering, reflecting a disciplined, performance-oriented mindset that informs his work on precision, safety-critical products.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Gosford High School
UNSW Sydney
French, Dutch, German, English