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.

Sensor DesignFEADFMEmbedded Systems+2

Miltenyi Biotec

Sep 2023 – Present

MedTechProduction

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.

OpticsMicro-fluidicsThermal ManagementSeries Production+1

Miltenyi Biotec

Sep 2023 – Present

MedTechProduction

Lead System Engineer

MACS Sampler

Automated sample handling for walk-away experiments.

The companion instrument that turns the MACS Matchmaker into a walk-away system. The MACS Sampler handles up to 2×384-well plates with active cooling at 4 °C, letting researchers queue hundreds of samples and return to finished results.

Precision MotionThermal ManagementMicro-fluidicsSeries Production

Gravis Robotics

2023

RoboticsProduction

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.

Structural DesignRugged EnclosuresErgonomics

Bota Systems

Nov 2021 – Aug 2023

Force SensingProduction

Mechanical Design Engineer

MiniONE

Ultra-compact 6-axis force-torque sensor.

The smallest 6-axis force-torque sensor Bota Systems ever shipped, and the one that won EPDT Product of the Year. I was the primary mechanical engineer, taking MiniONE from concept through manufacturing release across 10+ SKUs for micro-assembly, robot-assisted surgery, and haptic feedback.

SolidWorksFEAGD&TDFA+1

Bota Systems

Nov 2021 – Aug 2023

Force SensingProduction

Mechanical Design Engineer

MiniONE Pro

High-sensitivity 6-axis force-torque sensor.

The most sensitive sensor Bota Systems ever built: 10 mN resolution at 60 g. I led the mechanical design of MiniONE Pro for micro-assembly, optical alignment, and semiconductor face-matching applications where sub-Newton precision is required. Winner of the EPDT Design Award 2023.

SolidWorksFEAGD&TDFA+2

Bota Systems

Nov 2021 – Aug 2023

Force SensingProduction

Mechanical Design Engineer

LaxONE

Industrial 6-axis force-torque sensor.

The industrial workhorse of the Bota Systems lineup: 470 g, IP67-sealed, force ranges up to 4,000 N at 0.3 N resolution. Designed for medium-payload robots in production environments, where the sensor has to survive coolant, dust, and three-shift operation.

SolidWorksFEAGD&TIP67+1

Bota Systems

Nov 2021 – Aug 2023

Force SensingProduction

Mechanical Design Engineer

MegaONE

Heavy-duty 6-axis force-torque sensor.

The heavy hitter: 1.37 kg, force ranges up to 8,000 N, torque up to 180 Nm, at 0.55 N resolution. Built for the largest industrial robots from ABB, Stäubli, and KUKA, where payloads reach 120 kg and the sensor must survive heavy cyclic loads while still resolving sub-Newton forces.

SolidWorksFEAGD&TISO 9409+1

Bota Systems

Nov 2021 – Aug 2023

Force SensingProduction

Mechanical Design Engineer

SensONE T80

Plug-and-play force-torque sensor for heavy cobots.

Purpose-built for Universal Robots' heavy cobots. The SensONE T80 bolts directly onto UR20 and UR30 with zero adapter plates: 703 g, 4,000 N range, 0.3 N noise. It gives heavy cobots the force sensitivity they need for palletising, bolt tightening, and welding.

SolidWorksFEAGD&TEtherCAT+1

Floating Robotics

Jun 2021 – Oct 2021

RoboticsResearch

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.

Topology OptimisationFEACable-DrivenRapid Prototyping+1

Floating Robotics

Jun 2021 – Oct 2021

RoboticsResearch

Research Assistant

Sequential Gripper-Cutter

Dual-function end-effector for aerial harvesting.

A dual-function end-effector for the Kinova Jaco arm on the Eagle robot: a single-motor mutilated-gear linkage that sequences compliant gripping and high-force cutting in one stroke. The weight budget of an aerial platform ruled out separate gripper and cutter actuators.

Linkage DesignCompliant MechanismsFEAKinova Jaco

Antefil Composite Tech

Oct 2020 – Feb 2021

ManufacturingResearch

Mechanical Engineering Intern

Fibre Spinning Plant

Composite manufacturing scale-up.

Antefil's patented technology coats individual glass filaments with thermoplastic during spinning, a cleaner and faster route to lightweight composites. I helped scale the fibre-spinning plant from lab to pilot production and optimised the drying channel, which is the main determinant of final fibre quality.

CFDFEAParametric ModellingProcess Optimisation

Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

Jun 2018 – Aug 2018

HapticsResearch

Research Intern

Digital VerroTouch

Haptic feedback for robotic surgery.

At the Max Planck Haptic Intelligence department under Prof. Katherine Kuchenbecker, I worked on VerroTouch: a system that captures tool-contact vibrations on da Vinci surgical robots and replays them on the surgeon's fingertips in real time. My mechanical redesign of the actuation hardware improved performance by ~250%. The work contributed to a peer-reviewed publication in 2024.

HapticsVibrotactile FeedbackSensor IntegrationSignal Processing

BSH Hausgeräte

Aug 2017 – Sep 2017

ManufacturingResearch

Mechanical Engineer, Intern

X-Frost Line

High-volume production optimisation.

My first exposure to high-volume manufacturing at scale. BSH's Çerkezköy plant is the largest factory in the group: 550,000 m², nearly 7 million appliances per year, exports to 90+ countries. I analysed the X-Frost refrigerator/freezer line to identify throughput bottlenecks and propose practical flow improvements.

Production OptimisationCycle Time AnalysisLean Manufacturing