Alex Carter
Simulation Engineer
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Carter is a Simulation Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building real-world systems from embedded C++ IoT devices to large-scale robotics and drone simulations. Currently at Zipline, he focuses on wrangling drone data to validate and improve autonomous delivery systems, following simulation work at Embark Trucks and earlier software roles across startups and Autodesk. He brings practical hardware experience—PCB design, 3D CAD assemblies, and robotics leadership from FIRST—to simulation problems, bridging low-level embedded constraints with high-fidelity virtual testing. An entrepreneurial tinkerer, Alex has founded indie dev projects and explores “cursed-” ideas in his spare time, signaling a taste for creative, unconventional solutions. Based in Los Angeles, he combines systems-level thinking with a maker’s skillset to ship robust, testable simulation pipelines.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Freshmen, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Freshmen at Riverside City CollegeHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Grand Terrace High School at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex
Github Skills (98)
egui10
exports10
autodesk10
fusion10
robot10
robot-simulator10
robotics9
imgui9
rust9
computer-vision9
simulator9
game-development9
simulation9
immediate-mode9
physics9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
dogecv/DogeCV
Nov 2017 - Oct 2019
FTC Vision Library
Contributions:3 releases, 87 commits, 14 PRs in 1 year 11 months
computer-visionftcvision
DisnodeTeam/disnode-platform
Mar 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:4 PRs, 171 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
reactfrontendreact-frontendreact-website
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