I build systems that have to work beyond the lab.

Aaron Cohen, AI Systems Engineer

Spacecraft
Autonomous vehicles
Agentic AI
Emergency comms

From spacecraft and autonomous vehicles to agentic AI, my work has focused on turning difficult technical problems into systems that can be designed, tested, and trusted.

Manager, Software Systems at NVIDIACurrent role

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Systems continuum

One method / six operating domains

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Test +
verification

02 /Test + verification

Verification turns intent into repeatable evidence across software and physical systems.

Systems continuum

One method / six operating domains

02 /Test + verification

Verification turns intent into repeatable evidence across software and physical systems.

A career shaped by consequential systems

Across domains and disciplines, I’ve focused on systems that operate where complexity, uncertainty, and human consequences meet.

years at NASA Ames

Level 2 driving features owned at NVIDIA

Adaptive cruise, lane keeping, and more—from requirements to rollout.

patents — two granted, four pending

years with CA-TF3

Agentic AI for systems engineering

My current work explores how retrieval, graph reasoning, collaborating agents, and critique can support the creation and validation of engineering requirements and tests.

Agentic systems studio

A fictional workflow showing the direction of the work—not a proprietary NVIDIA interface.

01 · Researcher

Retrieval

Finds relevant source material and constraints for the fictional engineering prompt.

Active artifact

System under design + verification

01 Researcher

Retrieval

02 Requirements analyst

Graph reasoning

03 Critic

Critique

04 Test designer

Test generation

05 Linter

Validation

Human review gate

Outputs

System models
Test suites
Interface specs
Risk assessments
Design rationale

Active artifact

System under design + verification

01 · Researcher

Retrieval

Finds relevant source material and constraints for the fictional engineering prompt.

Human review gate

Outputs

System models
Test suites
Interface specs
Risk assessments
Design rationale

From requirements to production vehicles

At NVIDIA, I built and managed product systems-engineering work for Level 2 functions, including support for Mercedes-Benz customer functions within NVIDIA DRIVE AV Software.

NVIDIA DRIVE AV Software Debuts in All-New Mercedes-Benz CLANVIDIA

MB.DRIVE ASSIST PRO: Navigation and Driving Assistance MergeMercedes-Benz

Communications when infrastructure is uncertain

Since 2017

Communications Specialist with CA-TF3

Field work

Emergency communications infrastructure for Urban Search and Rescue

Deployments

Hurricane Olivia and the North Complex Fire

Selected evidence

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01From Napkin to Orbit in 9 Months; The TechEdSat Spacecraft MissionProject manager and first authorPublished record

02EcAMSat — NASA’s First 6U Biological SpacecraftCo-author of the system integration and environmental test reportPublished record

03EcAMSat spaceflight measurements of antibiotic resistance in microgravityCo-author of the published spaceflight-results paperPublished record

Recent software

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01The Jewish DiasporaAn interactive historical atlas tracing Jewish communities, migrations, and expulsions across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.Interactive history + research

02Overbuiltelentropy.devA 1–4 player co-op construction and freight-defense game where crews build a canyon home at Milepost 17, then authorize the freight that puts it to the test.Co-op game + world building

03Enigma IA fully interactive 3D Enigma I cipher machine in the browser: set the daily key, press keys, and watch the rotors step and the lamps glow.Cryptography + interactive 3D

04FPV SimNewA browser FPV drone trainer that runs the real Betaflight 4.5.5 flight-controller firmware, compiled to WebAssembly, in lock-step with an 8 kHz physics model of a quad built from its parts.Flight simulation + real firmware

05SMART-QSOAn open 3U amateur-radio CubeSat concept developed in the open: a deterministic packet relay that keeps working when the AI is off, with an optional onboard language experiment fenced behind it.Spacecraft design + bounded AI

06sopher.aiAn agentic writing platform that turns a sentence into a planned, drafted, edited, and continuity-checked book.Agentic writing + publishing

07Aerospace Skillsaeroastro.orgA lightweight collection of installable aerospace engineering skills for AI agents, with calculations that run locally.Aerospace + agent skills

08ClaimlightReal-time, evidence-grounded claim checking for the words you are about to publish.Evidence + responsible AI

09rebbe.devAn AI study companion for questions of Torah, halacha, and meaning, from a progressive Modern Orthodox perspective.Learning + source-grounded guidance

10NapcarA Chromium-based browser that lets websites run language-model features on a Mac through local models instead of cloud APIs.Local AI + browsers

11Subway TherapyA virtual subway wall where visitors can draw or type a message on a sticky note and share it with the world.Participatory digital media

12EcAMSat BeaconAn interactive 3D tribute to NASA’s EcAMSat CubeSat: watch it leave the space station, hear real ham-received beacons, decode them byte by byte, and replay its 2017 telemetry.Spaceflight + interactive 3D

Closer to the people building AI

I want a stronger working connection to the AI software communities in San Jose and Tel Aviv — building tools, trading drafts, and finding the people who turn good ideas into working systems.

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Film, history, travel, hospitality—and memorable rooms.

The work matters because people do. I’m interested in the places and stories that help people see one another differently.

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