Ryan Erickson

Chelmsford, MA

• Developed enhancements to an internal firmware debugging utility for MagneMotion industrial motor systems, expanding symbol mapping capabilities and improving developer diagnostics
• Implemented 32-bit address support within the embedded datastream framework, enabling compatibility with larger firmware memory spaces
• Investigated and resolved low-level firmware issues, including memory corruption defects, through root-cause analysis and debugging

Eden Prairie, MN

• Collaborated with a team of engineers to develop and refine firmware for industrial motor controllers
• Integrated a debugging and logging utility to capture function calls and interrupt activity in virtual address space tasks
• Diagnosed and corrected boot process defects that had previously caused controller failures in the field
• Implemented a network communication optimization increasing data transfer speed by 10x

Remote

• Co-founded a consumer robotics company providing low-cost, high-performance robotic arms for students, hobbyists, and researchers
• Designed and built the motion control system for two prototype 5-DOF arms, integrating encoders, motors, drivers, and MCU for closed-loop control
• Built multiple iterations of firmware to manage low-level motor control and high-level motion planning, including bare-metal and FreeRTOS-based systems

West Lafayette, IN

• Oversee planning, development, and cloud hosting of 10 web-based applications a year for nonprofit organizations
• Built scheduling software for a local YWCA organization using the MERN stack
• Taught recurring workshops on full-stack development to over 100 students

Purdue University

• Developed LiDAR-based perception and navigation software for an experimental quadruped-to-drone robotics platform
• Designed ROS2 software integrating controls, sensors, and autonomous navigation
• Integrated environmental detection into a Gazebo simulation for prototyping