Bennett Huffman
Senior Design Engineer at Cognition
Pasadena, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBennett Huffman is a Senior Design Engineer with nine years of experience crafting user interfaces and tooling that bridge complex AI systems and human operators. Currently shaping next-generation software engineering workflows at Cognition, he previously designed mission operations and AI visualization tools for autonomous spacecraft at NASA JPL, including interfaces for downlink analysis, DSN configuration, and a NASA-wide coastal digital twin. A CMU-trained HCI specialist, Bennett has led design for robotics missions like MoonRanger and built high-impact public-health and consumer experiences earlier in his career. He combines product-first visual design with hands-on UI development, often prototyping flight-like systems and LLM interactions to accelerate testing and deployment. Based in Pasadena, he brings a rare mix of spaceflight-grade rigor and startup agility, with a track record of translating research-level autonomy into usable operational workflows.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Systems and Human-Computer Interaction, Bachelor's degree, Information Systems and Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon UniversityHigh School Diploma, Distinction in Innovation (1 of 2 first recipients), High School Diploma, Distinction in Innovation (1 of 2 first recipients) at University School of Milwaukee
English, Spanish
Github Skills (10)
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typescript1
python1
nextjs1
operation1
react1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bwhuffman/bwhuffman
Sep 2019 - Sep 2022
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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