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Ethan Borochoff
Westlake Village, California
ethan@borochoff.org
Education: Viewpoint - Sophomore (2028)
GPA: 4.13 (Weighted)
Work experience:
SAAZ Micro Inc.
Schematic Layout, PCB design, UAV, and other systems design
Successfully used my 3 foot UAV to test and integrate experimental sensing systems (flight tested) (see in portfolio)
Leading design of a modular UAV/aircraft sensor ball
Leading design of a 9 foot heavy lift multirole UAV
Facchetti Lab (Georgia Tech)
Schematic Layout, PCB design, CAD, and SPICE simulation
Designed 2 schematics, 2 pcbs, and 2 housings to design a device which integrates an OECT device for environmental and laboratory measuring.
Used LTSpice to simulate OECTs.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Hardware Systems:
UAV design
Mission payload architecture
Thermal + low light integrated systems
Hand held/helmet mounted visual augmentation systems
Embedded power regulation
RF telemetry systems
Custom PCB schematics and layout (Kicad)
Other:
Experience with ESD controlled areas
Tools:
Design:
Onshape, KiCad
Software and control:
Mission Planner, QGroundControl, VESC Tool, VS code
Fabrication:
3D printing (structural components), laser cutting
Personal Engineering projects:
Purpose: My engineering projects focus on either handheld observation devices or unmanned platforms that integrate spectral imaging, onboard compute, power management, and RF communications into cohesive working systems.
UAVs (sUAS):
Heavy Lift Multirotor UAV (5 foot Diagonal) (in process of manufacturing):
fully custom designed airframe and custom hardware setup
2x 50x50mm mounting hardpoints + 4x side sensor mounts
Designed to test prototype onboard compute (dual Jetson + Pixhawk)
System intended for MPC based control and mission modeling testing and development
3 foot diagonal multirotor UAV (has flown)
Custom hardware configuration and power distribution
Partially custom airframe
Used as flight testbed for payload integration and control experiments
Used as test bed for hardware for the 5 ft drone
Successfully flown and iterated on structural design
2 foot diagonal multirotor UAV (has flown)
Early test platform for hardware validation and integration
Custom setup and iterative development
UGVs:
3 ft UGV Platform - In Design
3kW BLDC RWD drivetrain concept
Designed for UAV transport and deployment
Basic self driving with raspberry pi
DEVICES:
LWIR Thermal Imaging Systems:
8 µm Compact Thermal Tube (Functional Prototype):
Fully integrated mechanical enclosure
LEMO connector for power
Designed for handheld or helmet mounted operation
Future production intent: CNC-machined aluminum + glass filled nylon
Design focuses on rigidity, sealing, and alignment stability, all to make it as effective as possible in as broad of conditions as possible.
12 µm Thermal Module (in development)
similar architecture to the 8µm
Early Industrial Thermal Core Integration experiments
Large format handheld thermal unit using repurposed industrial cores
Initial systems integration and enclosure experimentation along with power testing
(ended up using all of these cores for uav/ugv related systems)
Analog image intensifier tubes:
custom gen II night vision tube prototype (Experimental)
PAYLOAD & MODULE DEVELOPMENT:
3-axis stabilized RunCam gimbal (prototype stage, software in development)
1-axis stabilized thermal gimbal (industrial core integration)
Rotary drone drop mechanism (designed)
Dual servo actuated pin drone drop system (designed, built, tested, fully functional)
5–22V to 5V/3.3V regulator + power latch PCB (in design)
LoRa communication modules (ESP32-based)
UAV compute stack concept (Jetson Orin Nano + AGX Xavier + Pixhawk 6C)
LEADERSHIP & ACTIVITIES:
Founder/Leader of Engineering club (2 years in high school, 1 year in middle school)
First Robotics (high school team FTW2584, CADer (worked on some main systems and auxiliary systems for the robot)