Résumé

Kellan Williams (he/they)

I take robots from imagination to autonomy using my learnings in CAD, mechanical design/fabrication, embedded control, and locally-hosted agents.

• Seattle, WA · Boston, MA · London, UK
• kellan@edgy.org
• in/kellan-williams

Education

• Northeastern University

  B.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering

  2025 – expected May 2029 · GPA 3.8

  First year completed abroad at NU London through the London Scholars Program.

• Lakeside School

  High School Diploma

  2021 – 2025 · GPA 3.92

  Seattle, WA

ACT 36 / 36 · AP Computer Science A 5 · AP Calculus BC 5

Selected coursework (HS): Advanced CS: Data Structures · Advanced CS: Software Engineering II · Advanced Projects in CS & Engineering · Honors Multivariable Calculus · Advanced Physics: Calculus-Based Physics · Advanced Physics: Modern Physics & Electronics

Selected coursework (University): Discrete Structures · Calculus III · Differential Equations & Linear Algebra · Embedded Design: Enabling Robotics · Robot Dynamics and Control

Experience & projects

• AI Engineering Assistant2026 – Present

  Creator · Personal engineering project

  Programmed and built the hardware stack for a personal engineering agent; autonomously runs physics-real sims, designs and 3D-prints complex geometry, and aids in the design process, interfaced entirely via standard English commands.

• Physical AI Team InternJun 2026 – Aug 2026

  Physical AI Team Intern · Janicki Industries · Sedro-Woolley, WA

  One of four engineers on Janicki's founding Physical AI team, reporting to the CEO and CTO. Made a legacy industrial arm, hardware and software deprecated by about a decade, autonomous and vision-guided. Integrated real-time sensor fusion into the arm using ROS2, built an agentic control layer running natural language, vision, and speech models locally, and prototyped what similar autonomous systems could do on the factory floor.

• Husky Robotics SocietySep 2025 – May 2026

  Co-Founder & Treasurer · Northeastern University London · London, UK

  Co-founder and treasurer of NU London's robotics society: <5 members to 40+ across 8 subteams in one year.

• FPV Camera Drone2024 – 2026

  Designer, Builder & Pilot · Personal engineering project

  A quadcopter I designed, budgeted, printed, soldered, assembled, programmed, and flew.

• Youth Technician InternJun 2025 – Aug 2025

  Youth Technician Intern · Janicki Industries · Sedro-Woolley, WA

  Built, wired, and QC-tested 50+ subsystems for a composite test system in Janicki's automation shop.

• Lakeside Robotics Club2021 – 2025

  Co-Leader · Lakeside School · Seattle, WA

  Co-led for four years: one team to four, $200 to $10,000, three straight state championship appearances.

• Leibniz Manuscript Research2024

  Lead Researcher · Mentored by Dr. Harry Lewis (Harvard) & Dr. Lloyd Strickland (Manchester Metropolitan) · Remote

  Transcribed and translated unseen Leibniz manuscripts on calculus and binary. Wrote a transcription key for future scholars.

• Board Ready2023

  CS Intern Team Lead · Board Ready · Seattle, WA

  Led two interns analyzing 500+ SEC filings with BERT and LLaMA-2 models to surface S&P 500 board-diversity data.

• Fred Hutch Cancer Center2023

  Data Visualization Intern · Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Seattle, WA

  Restructured hundreds of millions of genomic data points so the lab's visualization lead could explore them live.

• Mood Tracker App2023

  Developer · Personal project

  Built an app correlating student moods with habits and activities.

• 3 Kids & A Camera2020

  Co-founder & Photographer · Seattle Acton Children's Business Fair · Seattle, WA

  Co-founded a print business as a kid. "Best Business" at the Seattle Acton fair, and the most profitable there.

Skills

Honors & awards

• National Merit FinalistNational Merit Scholarship Corporation · 2025
• Ultimate Frisbee MVPLakeside School · Nov 2022
• iDTech Level 10 AwardiDTech · Sep 2022
• Photography Contest FinalistWashington State High School Photography Contest · Sep 2021
• Best BusinessSeattle Acton Children's Business Fair · Aug 2020
• First Place, Young Finance Scholars CompetitionNew York Institute of Finance · Aug 2020