FinchXR

Contract role specifically for M&A — technical preparation for Qualcomm's acquisition of FinchXR's VR/AR technologies (IMU sensors, computer vision), subsequently integrated into products from Qualcomm, HTC, and Niantic. ● Organized R&D developments into a structured product portfolio with a roadmap for the investor. ● Designed an end-to-end motion-to-photon latency testing pipeline. ● Validated positioning accuracy through sensor fusion (IMU + camera), power consumption, and thermal performance testing. ● Created robotic rigs for motion reproduction and static calibration. ● Integration testing with VR platforms and smartphones. ● Formed the core team for the transition; initiated the hiring of a CTO.

Arrival

ARRIVAL built robotic micro-factories for electric vehicles: cellular assembly, AMR robots, software-defined factory — at a time when less than 20% of global manufacturers used Digital Twins. Team and Structure: ● Led 20+ QA engineers (5 leads) across R&D centers in St. Petersburg, Oxfordshire, and production sites in the UK. ● Reported to the SVP of Robotics, providing QA coverage for ~360 R&D engineers in a matrix structure. On-site Work and System Integration: ● Spent ~2 years on sites in the UK, commissioning robotic cells. ● Acted as the integration point for all engineering disciplines: software, computer vision, kinematics, mechanics, and electronics. ● All cross-team technical decisions on the shop floor went through me. What I Built: ● An end-to-end Industry 4.0 testing strategy: HW/SW validation, HIL/HILS, Digital Twin, multi-agent simulation. ● A full-factory Digital Twin in Unreal Engine — all scenarios were validated there before moving to the lab or production floor. ● Custom AQA frameworks in CI/CD (Python, Jenkins, GitLab CI). ● A Quality Gates system for adaptive robotic cells (KUKA, COMAU) with automatic calibration — no manual setup required at launch. ● Low-level controller testing: positioning accuracy <1 mm. ● QA for production web applications: operator interfaces, in-browser MES systems, tools for process engineers. Technical Demonstrations: ● Conducted technical demos for BlackRock, Hyundai, Kia, and UPS - without any technical failures over 4 years. Results: ● Integration testing cycle: from 2 weeks down to 20 minutes. ● Production scenario reliability: from 40% up to 99%. ● Assembly speed: 5 times faster (from 10 minutes down to 2 minutes).

TRA Robotics

Built QA from scratch for an R&D company in the field of robotics: precision assembly with force control, localization <1 mm through sensor fusion. ● All testing was done on live robots - safety risks, slow iteration, and the inability to verify edge cases without physically preparing a test rig. ● I actively promoted the idea of simulation-based testing within the company. The idea gained support, and a dedicated simulator development team was hired - I worked with them from day one, formulating the initial requirements. ● My teams were the first to start using the simulator: Digital Twin → laboratory → live robots. ● This pipeline became the foundation of testing across the entire company. Technical validation: ● 6-DOF tool positioning: accuracy <1 mm on new trajectories (non-repetitive operations - each path is validated independently). ● Low-level controller testing: real-time Linux, CIP 4 ms / Powerlink 0.4 ms, closed-loop control via F/T and visual feedback (Qualisys equipment). ● Validation of Deep Learning pose estimation, visually guided grasping with torque control, and compliant Pick & Place with real-time trajectory planning. ● Set up two test laboratories from scratch. ● Built the QA team. ● Established HW/SW validation processes at all stages of development, up to production integration.