Andrew Keefe founded the company in 2019 to provide engineering consulting services to various private aerospace & defense clients in robotics, uncrewed systems, and power systems. He has over 18 years of engineering experience (systems, electrical, software) and technical leadership experience across defense, commercial, and R&D from startups through large corporations. His direct hire experience includes defense contractors Rolls Royce, Raytheon, and BAE Systems, and robotics companies Boston Engineering and Vecna Robotics.
Developed Modeling and Simulation Guidelines for multiple defense orientated companies
Experience teaching and mentoring controls, software, electrical & systems engineers in Matlab-Simulink
Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, mentoring on best practices, developing goals and carrying out performance reviews, building teams through hiring, working with contractors and interns/co-ops
Trained and experience as an internal quality auditor including ISO 9001 and ISO 13485
Project Management experience for commercial and government CPFF, T&M, and FFP contracts including SBIRs and STTRs
Automotive: Traction and Propulsion Systems, Regenerative and Friction Braking, Electric Drive, Hybrid Drive, CANbus, Remote Control, Drive by Wire, Tracked Systems, Dicycles, Motorcycles
Surface and Underwater Systems: Depth Control, Buoyancy, Rudder/Yaw Control, Speed Control, Acoustic Modems, Thrusters, Control Surfaces, Launch and Recovery, Hydrophones, User Interfaces, Remote Controls, Soft Robotics
Control Systems: Feedback, Feedforward, Sensorless, Hyper Redundant, Over Actuated, Trivially Underactuated, Imitative Controllers, Balancing Systems, Robot Operating System (ROS)
Intelligent Systems: Image Processing, LiDAR, Machine Learning, Genetic Algorithms, Swarms, Neural Networks, Virtual Personal Assistants
Sensors and Communication: IMU, GPS, LiDAR, Visible Light, Infrared, Ultraviolet, Doppler Velocity Logger (DVL), Ground Speed Sensor, RF, WiFi, Iridium, S-band, Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD), Hydrophones
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