Adam Shelly
Staff Software Engineer at Joby Aviation
Walnut Creek, California, United States
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Top SchoolAdam Shelly is a Staff Software Engineer with over two decades of deep, hands-on experience building real-time and embedded systems in C/C++ across platforms from rocket flight controls to consumer robotics and autonomous aircraft. He has led firmware and architecture efforts at companies ranging from Lockheed Martin and Aerojet to Anki, Xwing, and now Joby Aviation, specializing in control systems, motion/audio/physics simulation, and safety-critical networking. Adam combines low-level bare-metal expertise with high-level system design—delivering production kiosks, NFC payment firmware, and gate-to-gate autonomy—often turning prototypes into nationwide or certified products. Known for squeezing performance out of constrained platforms (Cortex M0 optimizations, DSPs) and shipping robust mission-critical software, he pairs rigorous testing and qualification experience with pragmatic engineering. Based in Walnut Creek, CA, he brings a rare blend of aerospace, robotics, and consumer product experience that thrives on real-time challenges and embedded innovation.
18 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
Computational Biology, Computational Biology at Stanford UniversityBS Aerospace Engineering, BS Aerospace Engineering at Boston University
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Github Skills (74)
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controller10
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cnc-controller10
makers10
cnc10
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signal-processing9
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ashelly/dotfiles
Sep 2015 - Aug 2019
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
ashelly/LIST0
Dec 2018 - Mar 2020
Contributions:7 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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