Andrew Cox
Simulation Expert
Brownsburg, Indiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Cox is a Simulation Expert and automation-focused mechanical engineer with 11 years of experience designing FANUC robot cells, conveyors, pneumatics, and sensor systems. He combines hands-on CAD proficiency in SolidWorks and Creo with practical skills in 3D print slicing and scripting for Excel and FANUC robots to bridge design, simulation, and deployable automation. His background spans engineering roles from mechanical design to automation engineering, and he now applies simulation expertise at Visual Components to validate complex material handling and robotic workflows. Andrew also contributes backend migration tooling on GitHub, demonstrating attention to edge cases when moving merge requests and metadata between platforms—a hint at his systems-oriented, detail-driven approach. Based in Brownsburg, Indiana, he pairs a Robotics Engineering Technology degree from Purdue with real-world plant and ISO-focused experience, making him effective at turning conceptual layouts into production-ready automation.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Minor, Product Lifecycle Management, 3.70/4.00, Minor, Product Lifecycle Management, 3.70/4.00 at Purdue University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (8)
apim10
javascript10
api10
github-api10
gitlab-api10
githubaction-workflow9
github-ci9
nodejs9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
piceaTech/node-gitlab-2-github
Apr 2019 - Apr 2019
Migrate Issues, milestones etc from gitlab to github
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 2 PRs, 3 comments in 7 days
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily contributed to the backend logic of migrating GitLab merge requests to GitHub. They developed and refined functions for transferring merge requests, including comments, milestones, and labels, and handled cases where branches might be missing. Key contributions include creating pull requests, creating comments, updating the state of a pull request, and also converting merge requests that cannot be transferred into issues with a special tag. The commits showcase the ability to handle edge cases, especially in migration processes.
gitlab
adcox/Astrohelion
Jul 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:111 pushes, 32 branches, 8 comments in 10 months
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