Ryan Kitson is a skilled engineer with extensive experience in perception engineering and applied science. At Saronic Technologies, Ryan holds the position of Senior Perception Engineer. Previously, Ryan contributed as an Applied Scientist II at Amazon and led flight performance assessments at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where Ryan also worked as a software engineer. Additionally, Ryan gained valuable experience during an internship at the Air Force Research Laboratory focusing on high-speed fluid structure interactions and reduced-order modeling. Academic contributions include serving as a Graduate Student Research Assistant and Graduate Student Instructor in Aerospace Structures at the University of Michigan College of Engineering.