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Jorge Cápona has a diverse range of work experience. Jorge started their career as an intern at Facter, where they worked on microcontroller programming, circuit design, and equipment maintenance. Jorge then joined Aplik S.A. as a Development Engineer, focusing on computer vision, communications, and electrical systems for mining and industry projects. Jorge also worked as an Assistant of Industrial Control Laboratory and Industrial Process Laboratory at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, where they gained experience in PLC programming, process automation, and robotic manipulators programming.

In 2011, Jorge returned to Aplik S.A. as an intern, conducting research on mathematical models for industrial processes and patenting investigations. Jorge later co-founded IPROC and participated in the Start-Up Chile program as an entrepreneur, working to bootstrap their startup.

Following these entrepreneurial experiences, Jorge joined Yapo.cl SpA as a Backend Developer, focusing on developing APIs and microservices using various languages like Python, C, PHP, and Node. Jorge also enhanced the performance of existing services by optimizing database queries and indexing.

After Yapo.cl SpA, Jorge joined uBiome as a Software Engineer, where they worked on software and hardware design for laboratory robotics systems. Jorge also played a crucial role as the Technical Lead, leading the automation team in developing new software and hardware to improve the efficiency, speed, and cost-effectiveness of the company's biomedical laboratory operations. This involved developing and maintaining APIs, services, libraries, and packages using Python, RabbitMQ, and databases like Mongo and Postgres. Jorge also utilized computer vision algorithms using NumPy and OpenCV for this role.

Most recently, Jorge has joined pi-top as a Software Engineer, though no specific details about their responsibilities are provided.

Jorge Capona attended the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria from 2005 to 2010. During this time, they pursued a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and successfully completed their Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) studies.