Roberto Riquelme

Roberto Riquelme

Electronic Engineer | Cloud & Software Engineer

Hi, I'm Roberto! I'm an Electronic Engineer with 10 years of experience across software development and DevOps, with a strong background in electronics, embedded systems, and low-level system analysis. Specialized in designing and implementing hybrid cloud solutions on AWS, integrating IoT devices and embedded test infrastructure with secure, scalable backends.

Projects

Timeline

AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional badge

2026 - AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional

▪ Certification issued by Amazon Web Services Training and Certification.

2025 → Present - Cloud Engineer - Merapar

▪ Work as part of a cloud engineering team maintaining and improving shared platforms and services, collaborating through Jira-managed Kanban/Scrum workflows.
▪ Design, implement, and operate scalable serverless solutions for content delivery, using AWS Step Functions, Lambda, RDS, and Python services in production environments.

2024 → 2025 - Software Engineer - Exa Product Development

▪ Designed and deployed AWS solutions (EC2, S3, CloudFormation, Lambda, IoT) to securely connect IoT devices and embedded systems to cloud services.
▪ Built Python UIs and FastAPI services for clusters of hardware test jigs; automated orchestration with Ansible.
▪ Created product validation and functional test suites using Robot Framework and Python to improve release quality.
▪ Designed PCBs and IoT monitoring systems for embedded products.

2024 - Databricks Lakehouse Fundamentals

▪ Certification obtained on Feb 29.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate badge

2024 - AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

▪ Certification issued by Amazon Web Services Training and Certification.

2024 - Mechatronics Engineer - Orbital UAV

▪ Set up CI/CD pipelines in GitLab and built Python tooling to automate test execution and data processing workflows.
▪ Designed and built custom test equipment (hardware and software), including PCB designs in Altium, with version control managed through Git and SVN.

2023 - Software Engineer - DCS Engineering

▪ Built ML models in Python to estimate real vs. theoretical hydroelectric plant efficiency.
▪ Designed data pipelines for extraction, processing, and reporting to Power BI.

2023 - Applied Data Science Program - MIT Professional Education

Topics: Recommendation Systems, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Data Analysis & Visualization.

2022 - R&D Engineer - qScire

▪ Developed the Quantum Interconnect Explorer (QIE) in Python/Cython with TDD (pytest) and Bitbucket.
▪ Contributed to a team recognized at Taiwan InnoTech Expo (TIE) 2022; first Chilean company to sign with TSMC.

2018 → 2022 - R&D Engineer - Synopsys

▪ Automated testing, data extraction/analysis, and reporting; integrated Jira APIs to track issues and projects.
▪ Developed Python/TCL/CSH automation for CI/CD and cloud workflows using Git and Perforce.
▪ Quality Assurance for Fusion Compiler; supported a tool used in 500+ tape-outs from 40 nm to 3 nm (ARM, AMD, Samsung, Renesas).

2017 - Electronic Engineer - Gosafe

▪ Built an Android app in Kotlin with Firebase backend for a community emergency prototype ("Impacta Seguridad").
▪ Awarded USD 10,000 to build and validate the prototype with local communities.

2016 → 2017 - Electronic Engineer - Lind Engineering

▪ Circuit and PCB design in Eagle for sensor nodes; Python/MATLAB analytics of infrastructure data.
▪ C++/Python development for real-time data transfer from MEMS nodes into SQL backends.
▪ Automated ML data pipelines for predictive analyses on infrastructure.

2015 → 2016 - Electronic Engineer - DCS Engineering

▪ Analyzed P&IDs to specify and configure new equipment; assisted in substation upgrades with GE devices.

2016 - Electronic Engineer - University of Concepcion

Key courses: Automatic Control, Process Control, Advanced Digital Systems, Multivariable Control, Industrial Networks.

2013 - Bachelor of Engineering Science - University of Concepcion