Blake Tacklind
Senior Embedded Software Engineer at Meta
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBlake Tacklind is a Senior Embedded Software Engineer in San Francisco with 11 years of hands-on experience building robotics and embedded systems using C++ and Node.js. After a mechanical engineering childhood tinkering with robots, he transitioned to software and spent several productive years at HERE Technologies before pivoting to robotics startups and a machine learning bootcamp. He blends low-level firmware, inter-device communication, and control-law design with practical system integration, having contributed as both contractor and lead in small, fast-moving teams. Now at Meta, he brings startup agility and cross-disciplinary curiosity to large-scale embedded challenges, pairing deep hardware empathy with recent ML exposure. An active GitHub presence complements his work, reflecting a habit of iterating on pragmatic tooling and robotics utilities.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at University of California, DavisComputer Science, Computer Science at Cuesta College
English, French
Github Skills (14)
ros4
robotics3
imu3
gps3
monster3
vtt2
network-interface2
ubuntu2
foundry2
markdown1
debian1
network-automation1
cube1
ansible1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
BlakeTacklind/175P1-glut
Oct 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:65 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
BlakeTacklind/Card-Games-Server-Client
Jun 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:32 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
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