Caleb Norfleet
Firmware Engineer On Advanced Hardware Engineering (AHE) Team at Zoox
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCaleb Norfleet is a firmware engineer with a decade of experience building embedded systems and robotics, currently contributing to Zoox’s Advanced Hardware Engineering team in the San Francisco Bay Area. He blends low-level firmware, hardware design, and controls expertise—ranging from op-amps and PCBA design to real-time audio drivers and high-frequency control loops—to deliver reliable systems for autonomous platforms. Caleb led a Harvey Mudd Clinic team that boosted a Bobcat loader’s autonomy from 3.2 km/h to 17 km/h by achieving a 26 Hz update rate and squeezing an autonomy stack into under 1 MB of memory, demonstrating a knack for extreme optimization and resource-constrained engineering. He has applied machine learning and behavioral analysis to IoT fingerprinting and built subsea robotic hardware for open-ocean applications, showing versatility across domains. Known for creative cross-disciplinary problem solving and strong team leadership, he pairs hands-on technical depth with a track record of shipping production-ready embedded solutions.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Engineering, 3.99 GPA, Bachelor's degree, Engineering, 3.99 GPA at Harvey Mudd College
Github Skills (5)
javascript3
react3
nodejs3
probot2
github1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
VLSIProject2019/vlsi-2019
Jan 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:89 commits, 2 PRs, 50 pushes in 3 months
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