Carlos Sanchez
I am an innovative mechanical engineer passionate about finding creative solutions to complex problems. I have experience with cofounding & managing startups, autonomous drone design, rotating equipment reliability for the oil industry as well as industrial design. I’m also an inventor, guitarist, artist and licensed U.S. coast guard captain.
Key Skills
Project Management
Rapid Mechanical Prototyping
Technical Animation Creation
3D Printing & CAD Modeling (Solidworks)
Industrial Design
UAV Drone Design and Testing
Low-level PID Gains Tuning
UAS/Betaflight/Pixhawk Software
Bridging Communication of Multidisciplinary Teams
Marketing Content Generation
Customer application driven function first, form second product design mentality
Tribology
Patents
Indoor Mapping and Autonomous Module Control for UAVS (U.S.#10,649,469, Awarded)
Payload & Battery Exchange for UAVS & Robots(Application # 15/875,375, Pending)
Education
Florida State University
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) w/ Minor in Mathematics & Physics, 2012
Certifications
Licensed U.S. Coast Guard Captain (National Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessel [OUPV] of Less Than 100 GRT)
U.S. Citizen
Community Involvement
Co-founded STEAM4ALL , a volunteer based organization with a mission to connect students & educators to free STEM class resources & professionals.
Taught middle school classes the basics of robotics using the LEGO Mindstorms platform and led them to nationwide competitions with regional victories in Florida.
Worked as a crisis counselor at a 211 call center assisting community members in distress by providing referral services to emergency outreach centers and consoling from suicidal tendencies, domestic abuse, homelessness, and bereavement.
Professional Experience
Amazon Robotics
Sr. System Lifecycle Manager
● Manage and optimize large-scale robotic fleet programs, focusing on the entire product lifecycle. This includes overseeing maintenance, service repair, supply chain logistics, telemetry, alarm management, and financial cost modeling to improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Sr. Technical Program Manager
● Led 215+ cross-functional programs and a team of 17 SDEs, BIEs, and Data Scientists in the development of diagnostic software tools supporting global field operations for a 500,000+ robotic fleet (AGVs, manipulators, and automated packaging systems in industrial warehousing).
● Drove the design, development, and deployment of 8+ full-stack software products focused on robotic failure root cause analysis (RCFA), issue prioritization, and optimizing overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
Seattle, WA, May 2021 - Present
Vtrus Inc.
Co-founder & Chief Design Officer
● Co-started company from scratch & helped grow, fundraise, hire and manage a team of world renowned PHD scientists & engineers.
● Co-invented & developed state-of-the-art Autonomous Indoor Robotic Technology.
●Led mechanical engineering, robot design, R&D, prototype testing, and building including project management.
● Worked with world class software & computer vision teams to develop custom multi-camera calibration rigs, advanced drone
2018 TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield Wildcard Nominee
Unmanned Systems Technology Magazine Article
Forbes Article: No Safety Harnesses Required, GPU-Enabled Drone Is On The Job
Seattle, WA, May 2016 - 2020
Bay Valve Inc.
Seattle, WA, April 2015 - May 2016
Applications Engineer
● Provided engineering support to industrial clients in pumping, valve, actuation, & mechanical seal applications.
● Worked with industrial vendors to select & procure engineered products for client applications on tight schedules.
● Generated CAD drawings for custom equipment mounting hardware & worked with onsite machine shop to build.
ExxonMobil-John Crane
Chalmette, LA, August 2013 - September 2014
Customer Reliability Engineer
● Led RCFA investigations of critical rotating equipment failures & worked with refinery departments to document & implement corrective action plans to improve equipment MTBR & site safety for mechanical seals at a 189,000 BPD ExxonMobil oil refinery.
● Ensured EPA environmental compliance with appropriately engineered and operated mechanical seal systems.
● Utilized management of change(MOC) software and promoted a safety culture of “zero injury” at the workplace.
John Crane Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA, October 2012- August 2013
Reliability Support Engineer
● Provided technical support to clients with mechanical seal issues in the petrochemical, power, paper, pharmaceutical, chemical & food industries.
● Consulted customers on mechanical seal systems with extensive use of tribology, material compatibility, hydraulics & thermodynamic principles. Helped improve MTBR by incorporating reliability management software onsite.