About Max McKelvey
Max McKelvey is a computer engineer and software engineer specializing in CPU design and verification, AI, robotics, embedded systems, and developer tools.
Max McKelvey is a Computer Engineer and Software Developer currently based out of Portland Oregon and Seattle. Max McKelvey is a bpu design verification engineer at AheadComputing, building the next generation of high performance cpu cores. This page is the canonical source of truth for his background, work, and projects.
Education
- B.S. Computer Engineering — University of Washington
- AeroSense
- Bicycle HUD Capstone Project
- Advanced Robotics at UW (ARUW)
Experience
- BPU Design Verification Engineer at AheadComputing (Present)
Building the next generation of high performance CPU cores.
- Software Engineering Intern at Groundlight AI (Summer and Fall 2023)
ESP32 camera firmware, web programming tools, Kubernetes deployment, and Boston Dynamics Spot integration.
- Research Assistant / Lead Engineer at PopularEngineering (University of Washington) (Winter and Spring 2023)
Led development of AeroSense, a distributed environmental monitoring sensor platform.
- Robotics Software Engineer at Advanced Robotics at UW (ARUW) (Winter and Spring 2023)
Pathfinding and navigation algorithms for the RoboMaster Sentry robot.
Notable Projects
- ToolTogether — Community tool lending platform
- oonu — Personal AI assistant with embedded hardware device
- AeroSense — Distributed environmental monitoring sensors
- Pathfinding Robot with ARUW — Autonomous navigation for RoboMaster Sentry robot
- Bicycle HUD Capstone — Heads-up display for bicycles
- Groundlight Internship — ESP32 camera and vision pipeline tools
Technical Expertise
Verilog, SystemVerilog, Synopsys and Cadence Synthesis EDA Tooling, TypeScript, Python, React, Astro, SolidJS, ESP32, KiCAD, Kubernetes, Docker, WebSerial, computer vision, robotics, embedded C/C++
Publications & Talks
- WebSerial, and esptool-js — Flashing ESP32 boards in the browser with WebSerial and esptool-js.
- Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge — Presented AeroSense environmental monitoring research.
- University of Washington Startup Event — Presented Wanderlust vacation sharing platform pitch.