Engineering • Robotics • Fabrication
Alex Carter
Engineering as a creative discipline.
I design, build, and break things that move — from autonomous robots and CNC-machined assemblies to high-performance vehicles.
/ 01 —Motorsport / Mechanical
Formula SAE Racecar
Chassis & Aerodynamics Lead
Designed the monocoque-tubular hybrid chassis and full aero package for a 220kg open-wheel racecar. Achieved 18% lap-time improvement over the prior season through CFD-validated aero and reduced unsprung mass.
/ 02 —Robotics / Embedded
Autonomous Mars Rover
Mechatronics & Perception
Six-wheel rocker-bogie rover with stereo vision SLAM, ROS2 navigation stack and a 5-DOF arm. Won 2nd place at the University Rover Challenge regional qualifier.
/ 03 —Aerospace / Electronics
Long-Range FPV Drone
Custom Frame & Flight Stack
7-inch carbon frame with custom PDB, Betaflight tuning and a 5.8GHz analog/digital hybrid video link. Designed for 25-minute endurance freestyle and cinematic shots.
/ 04 —EV / Power Electronics
Electric Go-Kart Conversion
Powertrain & Battery Pack
Converted a TaG kart to a 96V / 8kWh LiFePO4 platform with custom BMS, regen braking and a CAN-based dashboard. Hand-built pack with active balancing.
/ 05 —Fabrication / Mechatronics
Desktop 5-Axis CNC
Mechanical Design & Controls
Compact 5-axis CNC mill with trunnion table, ground ballscrews and a LinuxCNC-driven controller. Built to mill aluminium prototypes in-house.
/ 06 —Biomechatronics
Powered Knee Exoskeleton
Actuation & Control Loop
Single-joint powered knee exo with a quasi-direct-drive actuator and torque-sensing transmission. Real-time gait phase estimation on an STM32.
/ 07 —Aerospace / Embedded
1U CubeSat Bus
Structures & Power
Student-built 1U CubeSat bus with deployable solar panels, a magnetorquer ADCS and an STM32H7 OBC. Vibration-tested to NASA GEVS.
/ 08 —Robotics
Open-Source Quadruped
Legged Locomotion
12-DOF quadruped using brushless QDD actuators and an MPC controller running on a Jetson. Trots, stands and recovers from pushes.
/ 09 —EV / Power Electronics
Mid-Drive E-Bike
Custom Motor Controller
Hand-built mid-drive e-bike with a custom FOC motor controller, torque-sensing bottom bracket and a CAN-connected display.
/ 10 —Aerospace
Tilt-Rotor VTOL
Airframe & Flight Controls
Twin tilt-rotor VTOL with a carbon-foam wing, custom mixer and PX4-based flight stack. Hovers, transitions and cruises at 22 m/s.
/ 11 —Power Electronics
Liquid-Cooled Inverter
Thermal & Packaging
200 kW SiC traction inverter with a brazed cold plate, integrated busbars and a CAN-FD control board. Validated on a back-to-back dyno.
/ 12 —Robotics / Manipulation
6-DOF Robot Arm
Harmonic Drives & Vision
Tabletop 6-DOF arm with harmonic drive joints, a wrist-mounted camera and MoveIt2-based pick-and-place. Repeatability under 0.1 mm.
/ Experience
A trajectory of building.
- 2025Mechanical Engineering InternLucid Motors — Powertrain
Inverter thermal validation & dyno testing for next-gen motors.
- 2024Chassis LeadFormula SAE Team
Led 12-person sub-team through full design–build–test cycle.
- 2023R&D InternBoston Dynamics (contract)
Linkage prototyping and tolerance analysis for quadruped legs.
- 2022Maker / IndependentPersonal workshop
CNC, 3D printing, welding, electronics — the foundation.
/ Toolkit
The stack behind the work.
- SolidWorks
- Fusion 360
- OnShape
- KeyShot
- ANSYS
- CFD (Star-CCM+)
- FEA
- MATLAB
- C/C++
- Python
- ROS2
- TypeScript
- KiCad
- Altium
- STM32
- CAN/SPI/I²C
- CNC Mill/Lathe
- TIG Welding
- Carbon Layup
- 3D Printing
/ Contact
Let's build something fast.
Open to internships, collaborations, and ambitious side-projects.
alex@example.com→