Simon Jin. Robotics, ML, and Software Engineering. Passionate about building intelligent systems.

1st Place winner at HardHaQ 2025, a quantum hardware hackathon hosted by the North American Quantum Consortium.

Computer vision developer on a combat-robotics student design team — real-time armor-panel detection in C++ on a Jetson Orin Nano, a 12,000+ image dataset, and ROS 2 motion planning.

A 6-DOF teleoperated robotic arm specifically designed for precision soldering tasks. Won Science Tech for Social Good at Hack the Coast.

Served as 3-year captain for FTC Parabellum. Led the team to compete in the European Internationals and mentored junior members.

Engineered a custom hall-effect macropad from scratch, featuring a custom KiCad PCB and embedded firmware.

A local-first AI resume builder powered by a local LLM (llama.cpp). Generates tailored LaTeX resumes from structured experience data.

Deaf-assist heads-up display on Viture Pro XR glasses — real-time captioning with ElevenLabs text-to-speech and voice cloning. Won Best Use of ElevenLabs API at nwHacks 2026.

Hackathon wins, scholarships, and competitive results across robotics, quantum hardware, and software.

A machine-learning pipeline built around disciplined evaluation — k-fold cross-validation, feature engineering, and reproducible model optimization.

A motion-controlled pointer that reads hand movement in free space — IMU sensing, sensor fusion, and low-latency firmware mapped onto standard input.