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Work experience

Experience

Where I’ve made an impact.

Research, engineering, and the people I’ve built with.

Neotix Robotics

Jun 2026 - Present

Current

  1. Member of Technical Staff - VLA

    Sep 2026 - Present

    Building training, post-training, and evaluation infrastructure for vision-language-action (VLA) and robotics foundation models.

    Role details

    Researching reward modelling, reinforcement learning, recovery, and learning from corrective interventions, with work on robotic perception, embodiment transfer, and real-time policy execution.

    • VLAs / VLMs
    • Robotics
    • Reinforcement Learning
    • LeRobot

  2. Research Intern - VLA

    Jun 2026 - Aug 2026

    Worked in an integrated research and engineering team developing robotics data collection and model-training systems.

    Role details

    Fine-tuned MolmoAct 2 and π0.5 on in-house teleoperation data and ran inference on bimanual YAM robots using LeRobot and Hugging Face tooling.

    • VLAs / VLMs
    • Robotics
    • LeRobot
    • Hugging Face

IEEE Rwanda Sub-Section

Dec 2025 - Present

Current

  1. SAC Chair

    Aug 2026 - Present

    Chairing the Student Activities Committee (SAC) for IEEE Rwanda Sub-Section, supporting student branches and coordinating student engagement and collaboration across universities.

    Role details
    • Leadership
    • Student Activities
    • Community

  2. Treasurer

    Dec 2025 - Present

    Serving as Treasurer of IEEE Rwanda Sub-Section, managing sub-section finances.

    Role details
    • Financial Management
    • Leadership
    • Community

Logic & Matter Labs

May 2023 - Present

Current

  1. Founder

    May 2023 - Present

    Founded an initiative mentoring K-12 students in web development through hands-on workshops at schools.

    Role details

    Founder

    • Education
    • Mentorship
    • Web Dev

Carnegie Mellon University Africa

Sep 2024 - May 2026

  1. Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Sep 2024 - May 2026

    Teaching Intro to Deep Learning, Computational Materials Science, and Bridge Program.

    Role details

    Guiding students through PyTorch, EEG/PPG analysis, and ML-based materials modeling.

    Smart Africa Scholar

    • Deep Learning
    • PyTorch
    • Materials Science

  2. Graduate Research Assistant

    May 2025 - Aug 2025

    Multimodal Biointerfacing & Catalysis research.

    Role details

    Performed computational analyses linking material structures to experimental outcomes using Python and CrystalMaker.

    Summer Research

    • Research
    • Python
    • Materials Science

TReND in Africa

Jun 2025 - Jul 2025

  1. 2025 Summer School Fellow

    Jun 2025 - Jul 2025

    Intensive training in computational neuroscience and machine learning at University of Zambia.

    Role details

    Summer Fellow

    • Neuroscience
    • ML
    • Research

Go Carbonless

Jun 2024 - May 2025

  1. Founding Engineer

    Jun 2024 - May 2025

    Built the technical foundation for a carbon offset platform as part of Microsoft for Startups.

    Role details

    Microsoft for Startups

    • Full-Stack
    • Climate Tech
    • Startup