Full-Stack Hardware Engineer

Ben Levy

Mechanical design. Embedded firmware. iOS apps. ML models. I build complete systems, not just pieces, from first prototype to production.

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Featured Work

Layer jamming mechanism with force and vacuum LAYER JAMMING F V
Research · IEEE Haptics 2024

S.E.S.H. Glove

Novel vacuum-based layer jammer wearable for VR haptic feedback. First-author IEEE publication. Designed, prototyped, and validated the full system.

4N blocking force
28:1 transparency ratio
<$0.20 per jammer
BeatRite data pipeline: sensors to BLE to iOS app to cloud BLE nRF52 SENSORS WIRELESS iOS APP CLOUD
Medical Device · Pre-Seed Startup

BeatRite

Lead engineer for a multi-sensor wearable predicting heart failure. Full pipeline from raw biosignals through BLE to a companion iOS app.

5 sensor modalities
BLE data pipeline
iOS companion app

All Projects

Natural language to database query system ⚡ NL → SQL IN SECONDS
Enterprise AI · GE HealthCare

AI ARC OPS

Dual-channel RAG architecture generating SQL from natural language. Won CTO's "3 Heartbeats" Award; promoted from Co-op to Contract.

24/7 automated stress testing 100K cycles 24/7 AUTOMATED STRESS TESTING
Robotics · GE HealthCare

Monte Carlo Testing Robot

24/7 automated anesthesia stress testing. 100k+ simulated breathing cycles with 3D-printed physical interfaces.

Automated optical testing system ML Ready PRECISION OPTICAL AUTOMATION
Automation · Glass Imaging

Autonomous Optical Testing

Modular robotic positioning system. RP2040 + MicroPython + IMU vibration sensing. Reduced experiment duration by 30%.

ML image classification achieving 98% accuracy 98% ACCURACY TRANSFER LEARNING CLASSIFICATION
Machine Learning · MSE 361

ML Fracture Classification

Binary SEM fracture classification comparing 4 architectures. ResNet50 achieved 98% accuracy, pruned to 97.8%.

Elbow exoskeleton with programmable resistance PROGRAMMABLE RESISTANCE
Mechatronics · Senior Design · In progress

BERR EXO

Resistive arm exoskeleton with BLDC motor control and real-time Python loops. $3,000 Brogden Competition winner.

Global safety incident reporting app ✓ GLOBAL SAFETY REPORTING
Full-Stack iOS

Us4Her

Solo-built Swift iOS app for global incident reporting. Frontend, backend, and database. Built in high school.

Glove-controlled robotic hand ★ WHERE IT ALL STARTED
Hardware · Origin Story

Robotic Hand

Potentiometer glove controlling a servo-driven hand. First Arduino and PCB experience. The project that started it all.

Skills Network

Core competencies across four engineering domains. Explore the interactive graph below for the full picture.

Hardware / Mechanical
SolidWorks DFM/DFA 3D Printing FEA CNC Machining
Electrical / Embedded
PCB Design Microcontrollers BLE Biosensors MATLAB/Simulink
Software / iOS
Python Swift C/C++ SQL FastAPI
ML / Data
PyTorch RAG Architecture Transfer Learning Azure LLMs Signal Processing
Hardware/Mechanical
Electrical/Embedded
Software/iOS
ML/Data

Experience

Aug 2025 – Present

Product Engineer

BeatRite

I was brought on as the engineering lead for a pre-seed biomedical startup building a multi-sensor wearable for heart failure prediction. I started by designing PCBs and iterating on our prototype, then transitioned to hiring and managing an electrical engineer as the scope grew. Now I sit between software, hardware, and the CEO, translating clinical needs into engineering requirements.

Aug 2025 – Dec 2025

Applied AI Engineer (Contract)

GE HealthCare

Promoted from Co-op to lead development of financial AI tools, using LLMs to automate company-wide budget allocations. Continued building on the AI ARC OPS platform I had developed during my co-op.

Jan 2025 – Aug 2025

V&V Automation & Test Tools Engineering Co-op

GE HealthCare

Built automated stress-testing robots and AI-powered data tools for anesthetic equipment. The Monte Carlo testing framework I built ran 100k+ unattended breathing cycles. A separate project, AI ARC OPS, started as one system and evolved into a natural language database query tool that won the CTO's 3 Heartbeats Award.

Jun 2024 – Dec 2024

Mechatronics Engineering Intern

Glass Imaging

Worked on a multidisciplinary project bridging hardware and machine learning for an advanced camera prototype. I designed autonomous optical testing setups using RP2040 microcontrollers, stepper motors, and IMU vibration sensing, which helped reduce experiment duration by 30%.

Nov 2022 – May 2024

Undergraduate Researcher

Madison Machine Interaction Lab

Explored a novel method of using layer jammers as actuators for VR haptic feedback devices. I designed, fabricated, and tested the S.E.S.H. Glove system and published the results as First Author at IEEE Haptics Symposium 2024.

Expected Dec 2026

BS Mechanical Engineering

University of Wisconsin-Madison

3.83 GPA · 5x Dean's List

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About

Ben Levy headshot

I build complete systems (mechanical, electrical, firmware, and software), not just individual pieces.

From a robotic hand in high school to IEEE-published haptics research to leading medical device development. I'm drawn to problems that require the full stack to solve.

Currently finishing my BS in Mechanical Engineering at UW–Madison (Dec 2026). Originally from the Bay Area.

Education BS Mechanical Engineering, UW–Madison
Location Bay Area ↔ Madison, WI
Leadership Theta Tau Xi, Exec Board. $4,000+ sponsorships secured
Outside of Work Surfing, bouldering, running, hiking, sailing, and anything outdoors