🏆 **Key Achievements at WHOOP:** **Cost Reduction:** • Achieved $100,000+ manufacturing cost reduction through autonomous test fixture hardware migration and system optimization • Earned Co-op Student of the Year Award nomination **Performance Improvements:** • Delivered 80% cycle time improvement and 2% yield increase through test fixture system redesign and software implementation • Cut costs $2000 per fixture x 50 units **Technical Optimization:** • Achieved 2000x serial communication speed increase by rewriting UART parsing algorithm from O(n) to O(1) complexity • Leveraged DMA with idle line interrupts for real-time sensor data collection without CPU intervention **System Development:** • Developed virtual test environment with hardware simulation for system validation • Accelerated firmware testing through automated device interaction logging and SQLite database storage