HANNAH WIMPY
ENGINEER
AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
AUT VIAM INVENIAM AUT FACIAM

work

Founder @ Contamination-Aware Sampling Venture

Jan 2026 – Present · Boston, MA

Building autonomous sampling robot that sequences field samples clean-to-dirty, selects decontamination intensity per contamination type, verifies cleaning via sensor fusion, and replans on-the-fly when decon fails.

Founder (Exited) @ Drug Discovery Automation Venture

Jun 2025 – Nov 2025 · Boston, MA

Built closed-loop autonomous experimental system for patch clamp electrophysiology: low-latency hardware feedback driving real-time software decision-making with end-to-end bioinformatics integration; acquired by enterprise pharma.

Founder @ Hannah Wimpy Consulting

Aug 2021 – Nov 2025 · Remote

Full stack technical consulting; scaled to 6 figures revenue; managed 13 contractors.

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about

hannah wimpy

Grew up in Franklin, TN. Now based in Boston.

I deploy autonomous systems where they haven't been before. Self-designed my major at Northeastern (CS, biochemistry, physics) to sit at the intersection of systems and the physical world. Full-ride Stamps Scholar.

I started in ML x drug discovery research at Northeastern and Harvard Med. Built closed-loop systems that ran experiments on their own. That work pulled me toward the hardware itself, so that year I built (and sold!!) a drug discovery automation venture.

Now I'm at Lila Sciences writing the software that makes robots work. On the side, building an autonomous sampling robot with contamination-aware path planning.

I also run rev, Boston's top builder community!

Also into: Paris Texas, Odd Future, weightlifting, Patrick Ness, Matisse, Toulouse-Lautrec, Dallas Cowboys, getting too many tattoos and piercings, hiking, and competitive Catan nights.