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My Profile
The always-up-to-date, web-friendly version of my resume.
Professional Resume
Professional Experience
- Blue Origin – Aerospace Software Engineer (May 2026 – Aug 2026, Kent,
WA)
Developed proprietary ML solutions for advanced concepts at Blue Origin. - Brokk, Inc. – Software Programmer (Sep 2025 – Apr 2026, Remote)
Synced Brokk's unique AI code editor interface with SWEBench-Live and programmed the desktop application. - The MITRE Corporation – GNC Systems Engineering Intern (May 2025 –
Sep 2025, Huntsville, AL)
Built a novel Next-Gen Interceptor (NGI) interception technique, enabling battlespace expansion via thrust vectoring and machine learning algorithms, from scratch in MATLAB. Received "exceeded expectations" performance review. - LindauerAI, LLC. – Founder & Chief Engineer (Jan 2024 – Present,
Austin, TX)
Founded an AI edtech platform integrating Gyro (AI Socratic tutor) & CA (Classroom Analyzer) using LRAG technology for cited responses. - DataStax, Inc. – Machine-Learning Intern (Jun 2024 – Aug 2024,
Austin, TX)
Built a GPU-accelerated product-quantization vector-search system with CUDA, achieving up to 72× speed-ups for AstraDB. - DataStax, Inc. – Machine-Learning Intern (Jun 2023 – Aug 2023,
Austin, TX)
Contributed to vector-search R&D, built companywide AI NoSQL assistant, and evaluated the FINGER algorithm.
Education
Texas A&M University – B.S. Computer Science & B.S. Physics (Dual Degree),
GPA 3.84, 142 Credit Hours Completed
Graduation: 2025/2027 • Brown Scholar (full ride) • Engineering Honors • National Merit Scholar •
$103,500 scholarships • 1540 SAT, 35 ACT
Patents
- Reproductive Training Architecture for Machine Learning (US20240320487A1, Aug 2022 – Aug 2023) – Novel RL architecture with dynamic pruning. 29% reduction in training time for equivalent accuracy. Available to view on Google Patents.
- System for Machine-Assisted Educational Interaction (US 63/569,514, Oct 2023 – Mar 2024) – Introduces LRAG for contextual RAG retrieval. Outperforms GPT models by 3-7% on the CEBA educational benchmark.
Selected Projects
- Kinect-Based Terrain Tracker (2017) – Real-time floor detection in C++ using Xbox One Kinect depth.
- Semantic Photo Manager (2023) – Local-first app indexing ~100 k photos with CLIP & LanceDB embeddings.
- A Compendium of Practical Wisdom (2025) – Authored & self-published philosophy book. Amazon link.
Activities
- TAMU Ballroom Dance – Event Coordinator (Feb 2025 – Present). Coordinated socials, dances, and managed instructors' contracts.
- TAMU RoboMasters – Computer-Vision team member (Aug 2023 – May 2024). Designed CV pipeline code for stereo vision and monovision approaches.
- Undergraduate Research – Co-researcher with Prof. Shell on DFA/POMDP planning (Aug 2023 – May 2024). Expanded on "Planning To Chronicle" paper for intelligent robotic planning.
Technical Skills
Python • C++ • Java • MATLAB • PyTorch • PostgreSQL • GCP • Flask • Docker • BigQuery • Cloud Run • LLMs • Artificial Intelligence • Retrieval-Augmented Generation • Reinforcement Learning • Vector Search • Software Engineering • Motion Planning • Systems Engineering • Guidance, Navigation & Control • Physics-based Modeling • Model-based Systems Engineering
Other Organizations
- The Triple Nine Society, the world's largest 3σ (145+) high-IQ society.
- Aggie Data Science Club, a student organization dedicated to data science. I occasionally present on GenAI/vector search.
Get In Touch
LinkedIn: Tiernan Lindauer Note: I do not usually respond to cold connects.
GitHub: github.com/T-Lind Many of my commits are private due to LindauerAI.