Brendon Forsgren
Senior Software Engineer - State Estimation
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrendon Forsgren is a Senior Software Engineer specializing in state estimation with eight years of experience bridging academic research and industry for GPS-denied navigation of UAVs. Currently at Shield AI after building EKF-based navigation solutions and contributing modern C++ SDK work at VectorNav, he combines deep theoretical knowledge from a PhD in Mechanical Engineering with hands-on sensor fusion, cooperative pose graph optimization, and real-world hardware demonstrations. His work spans IMU characterization, multi-agent cooperative navigation over water, and developing robust alternatives to pose graph optimization—skills proven in AFRL projects and UAV flight tests. Comfortable in C++, MATLAB, and Python, he brings a researcher’s rigor to production systems and a particular knack for turning complex estimation theory into deployable algorithms.
7 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University
English, Portuguese
Github Skills (26)
scientific-visualization8
structure-from-motion8
levenberg-marquardt8
octave8
nonlinear-optimization-algorithms7
numerical-optimization7
visualization7
nonlinear-programming7
charts7
computer-vision7
data-visualization6
optimization6
scientific-computing6
large-scale6
linear-optimization6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
b4sgren/MAV_Autopilot
Jan 2019 - Jan 2019
Contributions:1 commit, 262 pushes, 14 branches in 1 day
b4sgren/adventOfCode
Dec 2023 - Dec 2024
Contributions:125 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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