AI Research Engineer Consultant · December 2024–present
Independent

Research and consulting across local models, agentic systems, retrieval and voice applications for energy-tech and automotive startups.
Build and investigate local agent systems and evaluation infrastructure. Consult for energy-tech and automotive startups on agentic, retrieval and voice applications, including customer support and home/vehicle use cases.
My work combines architecture choices with implementation: local versus cloud inference, structured outputs, conversation state, retrieval, observability and application-specific evaluation.