About — Bradley Berdé
Bradley Berdé is aComputer Engineer buildingautonomous robots, embeddedsystems, and applied AI.
Background — 02
President & Founder, Villanova Robotics
Founded and lead Villanova's Robotics Team, growing it to 40+ active members across 5 competitive teams and securing $15,000+ in combined corporate and university sponsorships from companies including Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Haas. Personally manage the full product lifecycle for combat robots from CAD through NHRL competition deployment.
Software Engineering Intern, Lockheed Martin
During this summer, I developed a custom web based tool for streamlining bulk email sending, saving 5+ hours a week for emails sent about updates, outages, issues, etc. Managed distribution list databases and classified them to decypher who should be sent what. Tranferred everything to sharepoint and power apps for an easier way to maintain the codebase.
Software Engineering Intern, Lockheed Martin
Trained an agentic AI to distribute tasks amongst 20+ different language models to help generate technical documentation for new products. Automated a large-scale Oracle SQL data transfer, updated Python tooling for Jira-to-Excel parsing, and applied Agile methodology across sprints and stories.
Co-President & Chassis Lead, Baja SAE
Co-lead a 30+ student team designing and building an off-road racing vehicle for SAE competition. Led iterative CAD design of the full chassis in SolidWorks, using FEA to achieve a 30% frame weight reduction while maintaining SAE regulatory compliance and driver safety.
Treasurer, CubeSat Satellite Program
Manage a $4,000+ budget and coordinate procurement for Villanova's 10cm³ research satellite. Designed and fabricated the satellite enclosure in SolidWorks, and led the weather balloon subteam collecting atmospheric data from flights exceeding 80,000 feet.
B.S. Computer Engineering, Villanova University
Candidate for Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, minoring in Mechatronics, Computer Science, and Engineering Entrepreneurship. GPA 3.97. Member of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi honor societies, Villanova Leadership Program, and Dean's List every semester.
Technical Stack — 03
Languages
- —C++
- —Python
- —C#
- —SQL
- —VHDL
- —ARM Assembly
AI & Machine Learning
- —Isaac Sim / Isaac Lab
- —PyTorch
- —OpenCV
- —TensorFlow
- —Prompt Engineering
Algorithms
- —Reinforcement Learning
- —Supervised Learning
- —YOLO
- —Sensor Fusion
- —PID Control
Robotics & Hardware
- —ROS2
- —ESP32
- —Jetson Orin Nano
- —Arduino Portenta H7
- —DE-10 FPGA
Design & Fabrication
- —SolidWorks
- —Fusion 360
- —Onshape
- —FEA
- —Rapid Prototyping
Developer Tools
- —Linux (Ubuntu)
- —Git
- —Agile / Jira
- —Oracle SQL Developer
- —Confluence