Ali Zargari
San Jose, CA Building what’s next

SOFTWARE / SENSING / ROBOTICS

Curiosity,
put to work.

I’m Ali Zargari, a software engineer exploring the intersection of intelligent systems, sensing, and the physical world.

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Always learning. Always building.
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Simulated contact, not live hardware data. The sensor is held in a fixture above a six-axis force/torque transducer. An articulated robot positions the probe. Move over the surface to position it; hold to press, then release to retract. With the field focused, use arrow keys to position the probe and plus or minus to adjust force. Run test starts an automatic sequence of positioning, pressing, and retracting. The fine curves follow the simulated magnetic field. Moving tracers indicate field direction.

SELECTED WORK & EXPERIMENTS

Creations.

Experiments, systems,
and things I’ve built.

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A little curiosity. A working model.

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ABOUT

My engineering journey

Ali Zargari

Software engineer. Researcher. Curious by default.

I’m a software engineer in San Jose with a B.S. in Software Engineering from San José State University. In March 2026, I began master’s studies in Robotics and Automation at Santa Clara University.

My work connects applications, intelligent systems, and physical sensing. From assistive prototypes and Mindmesh to tactile-sensing research at SERES, I’m interested in how useful systems observe the world, interpret what they find, and act on it.

Build. Explore. Understand.

San Jose, California37.3382° N · 121.8863° W

Robotics and AutomationSanta Clara UniversityMaster’s studies · In progress

B.S. Software EngineeringSan José State UniversityEngineering Dean’s Scholar, 2023

TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES

PythonC++TypeScriptROS2TensorFlowOpenCVFastAPIPostgreSQLESP32ReactDockerGit
From code to the physical world
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June–August 2026

SERES

Tactile-sensing research

Led neural-network work for robot-finger contact position and force estimation, automated Torbal force control, and developed spatial-resolution and output-reference-point methodology.

2021–2022

Element Materials Technologies

RF testing & software automation

Wrote Python scripts to communicate with RF test equipment and parse test data, connecting software with laboratory instrumentation.

2019–2020

Code Ninjas

Coding instruction

Taught children to code in Cupertino through Scratch lessons and workshops, breaking technical ideas into approachable steps.

2015–2016

CASA

Backend Engineer

Built applications and APIs in a startup environment, working with Node.js, databases, and backend architecture.

From the workbench to GitHub
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