Ian Dyke

Co-Founder @ Gradient Robotics

About

Long-time Member of CWRU Motorsports - Baja SAE and the Humanitarian Design Corps - Malawi Electrical project teams! Putting Passion and Purpose into everything I get into -- from Cooking & Camping to Coding & CAD'ing. Avid worker and avid learner -- quick to pick up skills and turn them into new projects and procedures. Prior Experience in: - Product Design (Valve Industry), taking 2 ideas from inception to validation ~ Co-Op - Industrial Process Machinery (Cement Industry), initiating new techniques to record data without downtime ~ Internship - Automotive Engineering , CAD & FEA, building a top-of-the-competition Offroad racer. ~ BajaSAE - Cooperation with Communities abroad, for construction of a facility providing sustainable electricity. ~ HDC - Extreme Ownership and Engaged Leadership ~ All the time. Proud Eagle Scout

Country

United States

City

Palo Alto

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Rapid Prototyping, Start-up Leadership, Product Management, Strategic Partnerships, Robotics, Reinforcement Learning, 3D Printing, Control Engineering, Project Management, Test Engineering, Design for Manufacturing, Statistical Data Analysis, Python (Programming Language), Process Engineering, Gear Manufacturing, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Engineering, Design, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Java

Experience

Co-Founder

Gradient Robotics

2025-10 - Present · 1 yr

California, United States

Mechanical Engineering Lead, Humanoid Robotics

K-Scale Labs

2025-1 - 2025-9 · 9 mos

Palo Alto, California, United States

Headed robotics development project, integrating mechanical designs with electrical hardware development and RL-controls integration. Coordinated our small, multi-disciplinary team and cooperated with external suppliers to ensure quality, timelines, and new capabilities were successful. Rapid development of Humanoid Robotics -- structural design, electrical integration, assembly and transmission optimization. Project scope, development, management for consumer-level humanoid robotics hardware projects. Ground up testing and validation, planning and implementation for robotics functionality and mechanical optimization.