product engineering  |  interactivity  |  software  |  electronics

I love to make physical things that are fun or interesting to use. My experiences mostly include designing gadgets and automation tools, plus I teach a graduate course on making DIY circuit boards.

email: andrewsigler1@gmail.com

• As Systems Architect, work across teams and disciplines to ensure product and engineering requirements are met at all stages of product development.
• First employee at startup, writing entire software stack for Kickstarter release
• Designed and developed the Opentrons Python API on a small team, released winter 2016
• Lead design and systems engineering of the OT2 liquid-handling machine and pipettes
• Wrote OT2 and Module device firmware, motion control software, and production line testing software
• Sole electronics designer for the OT2, pipettes, temperature module, and magnetic module
• Lead early product ideation, R&D, testing, and design for all hardware products, focusing on electronics and systems design
• Helped grow factory and production process in Opentrons' Shenzhen factory, growing from two employees in 2016 to greater than fifty in 2019

• Hardware team leader and manager for startup consumer-electronics product
• Led mechanical, electrical, and production of 1k speaker systems
• Wrote device firmware (WiFi/Bluetooth audio, BLE, interactivity)

• Developing software tools and experiences for ITP's robotic arms
• Teaching wider ITP community how to safely use large robotic arms
• Developing curriculum for a future class around the robotic arms

• Advising and developing on IoT systems and products, for startups, companies and regional artists

• Teaching a course of my own design, entitled Homemade Hardware
• Graduate students from all types of backgrounds learn to design and fabricate DIY circuit boards

• Designed and tested production-ready prototypes and beta runs of wireless devices
• Designed electronics and firmware for devices utilizing wireless protocols, including Bluetooth LE, WiFi, LoRa, and ANT

• Research focusing on internet-of-things design tools, as well as circuit board fabrication techniques
• Mentored graduate students with their projects, as well as held office hours to teach relevant engineering skills
• Created the ITP "Hard-Lab", which is a section of the facility dedicated to circuit board fabrication, using pick-and-place machine, micro-milling machines, reflow ovens, parts management, and diagnostic equipment

• Self-lead master's degree, focused on interaction design through emerging hardware and internet technologies
• Presented a master's thesis, Patchbay, a wireless framework for designing wirelessly interoperable toys and musical instruments

• Political science major, and music minor
• Varsity lacrosse player, three years starting at defensive midfield and close defense
• Member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity