Engineering Portfolio

Ecda Erol

Founder & Lead System Engineer

I turn ambitious hardware ideas into real products.
Force-torque sensors. Biosensor platforms. Autonomous systems.
From first sketch to series production.
In deep-tech startups, global companies, and my own venture.

10+

Products Shipped

Years in Industry

M.Sc.

ETH Zurich

Zurich

Switzerland

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Companies I've worked with

Institutions I studied & researched at

Max Planck Institute

Boğaziçi University

İstanbul Erkek Lisesi

About

What I Build

Force-torque sensors adopted by global robotics teams. The world's first commercial focal molography instrument. Cable-driven robots. Autonomous earthmoving machinery. Eight years of shipping electro-mechanical systems under real production constraints, from architecture through manufacturing release.

System Integration

Multi-domain instruments combining optics, mechanics, fluidics, and firmware.

Electro-mechanical

Sensor Design

6-axis force-torque sensors, strain gauges, signal conditioning, and calibration.

F/T Sensors

Product Realization

Sketch to series production. DFM, tooling, CE compliance, manufacturing release.

End-to-end

Sim-to-Real

FEA-to-test calibration that closes the gap between simulation and hardware.

Validated models

Biotech Instruments

Micro-fluidics, biosensors, and IVD platforms from concept to market.

Life sciences

Embedded & Control

EtherCAT, CAN, real-time firmware, and motion control architectures.

Real-time

Robotics

Cable-driven parallel robots, teleoperation, autonomous earthmoving machines.

Field robotics

Rapid Execution

Concept to field test in 6 months. Two instruments to market in 12.

Fast delivery

Projects

Selected Work

X-Tech Studio

Jan 2026 – Present

Founder & Lead Engineer

AXIOM-1000

6-axis force-torque sensor for precision robotics.

The AXIOM-1000 is a 6-axis force-torque sensor: 250 g, 70 mm × 40 mm, IP67-sealed, single-cable RS-485, no external interface box. It is the mid-range reference model of the multi-variant product line I am building at X-Tech Studio in Zurich.

Miltenyi Biotec

Sep 2023 – Present

Lead System Engineer

MACS Matchmaker

Label-free biosensor platform for molecular interactions.

I led the system engineering of the first commercial focal molography instrument. The MACS Matchmaker quantifies binder affinity, kinetics, and specificity directly in crude biological samples, at picomolar sensitivity, with no purification and no fluorescent labels. Concept to market launch in 12 months.

Gravis Robotics

2023

Engineering Consultant

Teleoperation Stand

Operator workstation for autonomous earthmoving.

Gravis Robotics ($23M funded) retrofits excavators and loaders with AI-driven autonomy for clients like Holcim and Boskalis. I designed the teleoperation workstation and its rugged enclosure: the operator-side hardware for supervising autonomous earthmoving from hundreds of kilometres away.

Floating Robotics

Jun 2021 – Oct 2021

Research Assistant, Master Thesis

Eagle

Cable-driven aerial robot.

My master thesis: a cable-driven parallel robot I designed from scratch and took from concept to field-tested prototype in 6 months. The core innovation is a 'Coupled Drive' mechanism that shares torque between actuators, a first in cable robotics. Presented at Swiss Robotics Day 2021. Thesis grade: 6.0/6.0.

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Skills

Technical Toolkit

Core Stack

SolidWorksANSYSPythonTypeScriptEtherCAT

Mechanical Design

SolidWorksSolidEdgeInventorGD&T / Tolerance AnalysisDFA / DFMCompliant MechanismsSolidWorks PDMDesign Transfer

Simulation & Analysis

ANSYSABAQUSCOMSOLTopology OptimisationThermal ManagementCFDMSC AdamsMATLABSim-to-Real Calibration

Sensing & Embedded

6-Axis F/T Sensor DesignStrain Gauges / IMUs / MEMSSignal ConditioningEtherCATCAN / RS-485 / ModbusIP67 Sealing

Product Realisation

DFM (Injection Moulding, Sheet Metal, CNC)Micro-fluidics IntegrationRapid Prototyping (SLA/SLS)CE ComplianceVerification TestingTest Fixture DesignSeries Production

Software & Dev Tools

TypeScriptReact / Next.jsPythonTailwind CSSGit / GitHub Actions

Recognition

Awards & Distinctions

EPDT Product of the Year ×2

MiniONE & MiniONE Pro 6-Axis Force-Torque Sensors

ETH Merit Scholarship

Outstanding academic performance, M.Sc. 2019–2021

Salutatorian, High Honors

Bogazici University, Class of 2019

Top 0.07% National Ranking

University entrance exam, 2+ million candidates

TEV Excellence Scholarship

Turkish Educational Foundation, B.Sc. 2015–2019

Contact

Get in Touch

Questions, ideas, or just want to connect? Drop me a message.

Location

Zurich, Switzerland

linkedin.com/in/ecdaerol

GitHub

github.com/ecdaerol