PORTFOLIO // OVERVIEW
B.S. COMPUTER SCIENCE • UTRGV
Computer Science Graduate // Software Engineer

CARLOS ROLDAN

“I like to build things and fix stuff.”

Computer Science graduate bridging physical hardware and scalable software. Architecting real-time edge AI, deep learning computer vision pipelines, and ROS2 swarm robotics platforms.

Contact View Experience
DEGREE: B.S. Computer Science (UTRGV) | GPA: 3.0
FOCUS: Edge AI • Robotics • Embedded Systems
ENGINEER HIGHLIGHTS SPECIALIZATION PROFILE
> Core Focus Areas

Edge AI pipelines, embedded vision, ROS2 multi-agent autonomy, high-performance C++ & Go tooling, and diagnostic hardware board repair.

  • •Industry: Systems Engineer at VecSpace AI building edge license plate recognition.
  • •Leadership: Software Co-Lead & Design Manager at SARE (NASA MINDS).
  • •Hardware: 300+ custom PC, phone, and board diagnoses and repairs completed.
BASED IN TEXAS OPEN TO REMOTE / RELOCATION

Experience // Career Timeline

PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL

3 POSITIONS + DEGREE
CURRENT POSITION

Systems Engineer

VecSpace AI — Startup Company

2026 — PRESENT
SECTOR: MCALLEN, TX
  • ▸Contributing to camera-based gated access control and parking surveillance products built on Edge AI.
  • ▸Developing license plate recognition (LPR) pipelines utilizing YOLOv8 object detection algorithms.
  • ▸Deploying and quantizing deep learning models for real-time edge inference on NVIDIA Jetson & Raspberry Pi.
YOLOv8 NVIDIA JETSON RASPBERRY PI COMPUTER VISION PYTHON
NASA / ROBOTICS

Design Manager & Software Co-Lead

SARE — Society of Aerospace & Robotic Engineers (UTRGV)

2026 — PRESENT
  • ▸Manage design direction for student robotics, avionics, and competitive aerospace projects (NASA MINDS).
  • ▸Co-lead the Software Team, cross-coordinating with mechanical, structures, and flight testing cells.
ROS2 ROBOTICS ARCH C++
HARDWARE BENCH

Electronics Repair Technician

Independent Contractor

2020 — PRESENT
  • ▸Diagnosed and troubleshot hardware and software faults across 300+ computers, phones, and iPads/tablets across Android, iOS, and Windows ecosystems.
  • ▸Custom PC building, hardware assembly, component-level replacement, and OS/firmware troubleshooting.
  • ▸Performed device diagnostics, screen replacements, battery repairs, and system recovery.
DIAGNOSTICS PC BUILDING HARDWARE TROUBLESHOOTING PHONE & IPAD REPAIR SYSTEM RECOVERY
ACADEMIC CREDENTIAL

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

GRAD: DEC 2024
GPA 3.0
Relevant Core Coursework:
  • • Data Structures & Algorithms
  • • Operating Systems
  • • Software Engineering 1 & 2
  • • Computer Architecture
  • • Database Design & Impl.
  • • Object-Oriented Programming
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & COMP SCI DEGREE CONFERRED

Featured Projects // System Spec

ROBOTICS SIMULATIONS, EDGE AI DAEMONS & NETWORK SYSTEMS

CODEBASES ACTIVE
PRJ-01 // SWARM MARS LAB / UTRGV

ARGoS Path Planning & Flocking

Multi-agent autonomous swarm simulation built in C++. Developed Reynolds-style flocking behavior (cohesion, alignment, separation) paired with real-time vector field obstacle avoidance for cooperative drone formations.

C++ ARGOS SIM SWARM ALGO
PRJ-02 // VISION EDGE AI / VEHICLE ACCESS

Computer Vision with the Raspberry Pi

Tested and benchmarked computer vision models using YOLOX on the Raspberry Pi, then optimized them to reliably detect vehicles and read their license plates in real time.

YOLOX PYTHON AWS IoT OPENCV
PRJ-03 // DEFENSE NETWORK SECURITY

Pi-hole Project

Set up Pi-hole on a Raspberry Pi as a network-wide DNS filter that blocks ads and trackers for every device on the network. Blacklisted malicious and unsafe websites to keep users private and protected while browsing online.

RASPBERRY PI LINUX/SYSADMIN Network Security
PRJ-04 // LOGIC ALGORITHMIC ENGINE

Chess Game

Java-based chess engine with custom bitboard state representation, alpha-beta pruning minimax evaluation, transposition tables, and move generation validation according to strict FIDE specifications.

JAVA MINIMAX DATA STRUCTS
PRJ-05 // CLI TOOL GOLANG UTILITY

Git Activity Telemetry CLI

Lightweight high-speed terminal dashboard written in Go for parsing Git user commits, branch merges, and release telemetry across multiple remote endpoints with zero bloated dependencies.

GOLANG REST API CLI TUI
PRJ-06 // HARDWARE SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS

Hardware Diagnostics & Custom Rig Bench

Custom hardware testing bench and assembly station configured for multi-point PC builds, component fault isolation, power rail verification, and full-spectrum OS recovery diagnostics.

PC BUILD DIAGNOSTICS BENCH HW

Technical Skills // Stack & Arsenal

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES, ROBOTICS & HARDWARE BENCH

18 COMPETENCIES VERIFIED

[ 01 // LANGUAGES ]

CORE LEVEL
  • >>C / C++ COMPILED
  • >>PYTHON AI / SCRIPT
  • >>JAVA OOP / SYS
  • >>GOLANG CLI / CONCUR
  • >>TYPESCRIPT / JS FULLSTACK
  • >>LUA & SQL EMBED / DB
  • >>HTML & CSS UI / MARKUP
ENGINE: MULTI_SYNTAX SUBSYSTEM: READY

[ 02 // ROBOTICS & EDGE AI ]

NEURAL RIG
  • >>ROS2 (ROBOT OPERATING SYS) SWARM NAV
  • >>YOLOv8 & COMPUTER VISION OBJECT DET
  • >>NVIDIA JETSON & TENSORRT INFERENCE
  • >>DOCKER & CONTAINERIZATION DEPLOYMENT
  • >>LINUX SYSTEM KERNEL & DAEMONS LOW_LEVEL
  • >>GIT & CI/CD PIPELINES VERSIONING
BUS: CSI / I2C / UART DAEMON: ONLINE

[ 03 // HARDWARE & LAB ]

PHYSICAL BENCH
  • >>HARDWARE DIAGNOSTICS & TROUBLESHOOTING BENCH
  • >>CUSTOM PC BUILDING & ASSEMBLY CUSTOM RIGS
  • >>MOBILE & TABLET REPAIR (IPHONE / IPAD) MOBILE LAB
  • >>OS CONFIGURATION & SYSTEM RECOVERY SYS_DEPLOY
  • >>IT SUPPORT & HARDWARE AUDIT SYS_DEPLOY
  • >>FLUTTER & REACT WEB APPS CROSS_PLAT
INSTRUMENTS: DIAGNOSTIC RIG / DMM BENCH: ARMED

CONTACT & CONNECT // Transmission

DIRECT INQUIRIES, RECRUITMENT & COLLABORATIONS

INBOX READY
OPEN TO OPPORTUNITIES

Let’s Build Together

I am actively seeking full-time and project opportunities in Systems Engineering, Robotics Software, Edge AI, and Embedded Systems. Send a message with role details or to discuss technology architectures.

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