Michael Beardsworth

Michael Beardsworth has a diverse work experience spanning multiple companies and roles. Michael currently holds the position of Senior Staff Software Engineer at Intrinsic, starting in May 2022. Prior to this, they worked as a Staff Software Engineer at Intrinsic from July 2021 to May 2022.

Before joining Intrinsic, Michael worked at X, the moonshot factory for a significant period of time. Their roles at X included Staff Software Engineer from January 2019 to July 2021 and Senior Software Engineer from January 2017 to January 2019. During their time at X, Michael played a crucial role in designing and developing critical elements of advanced robotic applications. Michael made major contributions to hard real-time on-robot controls code, core libraries, development infrastructure, and 3D visualization tools. Michael also excelled in integrating off-the-shelf hardware and developer tools. In addition, Michael served as a Roboticist / Software Engineer at X from December 2013 to January 2017, where they designed and built developer tooling for advanced robotics applications, migrated build&test infrastructure, and designed and built electromechanical systems, sensor hardware, and custom robot components.

Prior to X, Michael worked at Bot & Dolly as an Associate Developer from October 2013 to January 2016. In this role, they played a key role in planning, executing, and operating the integration of robot systems in high-end production environments. Michael integrated automated lighting control with robot systems and developed road-hardened robot/show control systems. Before that, Michael worked as an Automation Integration Intern at Bot & Dolly from July 2013 to September 2013, where they operated and programmed robot motion on set and designed and implemented tools to generate programs for KUKA robots.

Michael's earliest work experience was as a Technical Theatre Intern at KÀ by Cirque du Soleil from June 2012 to September 2012. During this internship, they ran automation show cue tracks, operated a Stage Technologies Nomad console, and assisted with the maintenance and inventory of automation systems. Michael also shadowed and assisted with tracks in stage management, carpentry, sound, effects, and lighting.

Michael Beardsworth attended the University of Oregon from 2009 to 2013, during which they completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science.