Piotr Slawinski

Senior Engineering Manager — Robotics & Controls

San Francisco, CA · 402-570-2864 · piotr.r.slawinski@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/slawinskipiotr

Portrait of Piotr Slawinski

I lead robotics at Noah Medical, focusing on motion-control systems and robot algorithms. I enjoy building control software and developing practical robotic solutions that help make people’s lives safer and better.

I hold a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University and specialize in developing control strategies and software for industrial, compliant, continuum, and magnetic robots. My work spans real-time systems and complex robotic platforms. I contributed to advancing a medical robot from its first prototype through FDA clearance, and it is now actively deployed in hospitals.

Experience

Noah Medical (Employee #1/150+)

Senior Engineering Manager — San Carlos, CA

  • Leader of robotics at Noah.
Galaxy system
Galaxy — Robotic bronchoscopy system

Noah Medical

Engineering Manager

  • Responsible for motion control of Galaxy (product on market with multi-1000s clinical procedures).
  • Owner of instrument control algorithms, test suite, and software.
  • Managed 9 engineers (8 direct reports).

Noah Medical

Tech Lead, Robotics and Controls

  • Led motion control algorithm and software development.
  • Produced FDA 510(k) submission documentation for motion control software.
  • Developed C++ product software for continuum robots and robot arms.

Noah Medical

System Engineer (Robotics and Controls)

  • Developed C++ control stack for flexible continuum robots on an RTOS.
  • Solo robotics engineer for early demos — created algorithms and demo software for investors.

Vanderbilt University

Ph.D. Student — NSF Graduate Research Fellow and IBM Fellow

  • Co-lead author on endoluminal robotic ultrasound methods (Science Robotics).
  • Lead author on assistive autonomous medical robot maneuvers (IEEE RA-L).
  • Lead author on force control for magnetic robots (IEEE TRO).
  • Developed sensorless robot shape estimation algorithm (IEEE RA-L).

    • Ph.D. Dissertation: "On the Magnetic Control of Endoscopic Robots"

Dual arm registration
Registration for dual-arm control
Magnetic Flexible Endoscopy system
Magnetic Flexible Endoscopy system
Magnetic micro-ultrasound prototype
Magnetic micro-ultrasound prototype
Magnetic wrench Jacobian validation
Experimental validation of the magnetic wrench Jacobian

MRail Inc MRail Logo

Engineering Consultant

  • Integrated and analyzed prototype autonomous rail-health sensing technologies.
MRail installation
MRail prototype deployment

Molex Inc

Engineering Intern

  • Contributed to the design and integration of an automated assembly line, including mechanical design and resolving complex part-handling issues to ensure reliable operation.

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Undergraduate Student

  • NASA Microgravity team lead — developed proposal, recruited team, and led flight at Johnson Space Center (June 2014).
NASA microgravity team
NASA Microgravity team — Johnson Space Center flight (June 2014)

Education

Vanderbilt University — Nashville, TN
Ph.D., M.S., Mechanical Engineering (Aug 2014 — May 2019)
University of Nebraska–Lincoln — Lincoln, NE
B.S., Mechanical Engineering (Aug 2009 — Dec 2013)

Patents

Technical Skills

Languages: C++, Python, C

Developer Tools & Environments: Git, GoogleTest, Visual Studio Unit Test framework, Linux, QNX, ROS2, ROS, Gazebo, RTI DDS, PyTorch

Publications

Explore my academic work and contributions to the field of robotics and controls on my Google Scholar profile.