Zachary Olson
Mechanical Engineering Intern at University of Southern California
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZachary Olson is a mechanical engineering student and robotics enthusiast based in the San Francisco Bay Area with nine years of hands-on experience across research, construction, and product development. He currently interns at Symbotic and conducts research at USC’s Dynamic Robotics and Control Lab, optimizing humanoid running performance through series elastic actuator design and reinforcement learning. As project manager at Makers he leads a six-person team building a bipedal robot in NVIDIA Isaac, designing custom gearboxes and integrating testing-driven actuator specs. Past roles include MEP project engineering on a hospital build—where he resolved dozens of system clashes using BIM—and building budget-conscious CNC and drawing robots from concept to prototype. He pairs practical CAD and ANSYS characterization of custom torsional springs with field-tested project management and teaching experience, having coached over 50 swimmers and run large lesson programs. Curious and results-oriented, he blends academic research rigor with construction-site pragmatism to rapidly turn experimental designs into manufacturable systems.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering at University of Southern CaliforniaWoodside High School
Github Skills (75)
python10
pinyin9
client-library9
deep-learning9
cpp9
machine-learning9
bass9
https-server9
deezer9
tensorflow9
music8
computer-music8
neural-network8
sound-synthesis8
http8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ZacheryGuan/Leetcode
Mar 2018 - May 2020
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
ZacheryGuan/gitLogs
Dec 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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