Chris Collander
GNC Engineer at Perseus Defense (YC S25)
Arlington, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Collander is a GNC engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in flight simulation, non-linear optimization, and controls, currently building containerized, parallel C++ systems for Perseus Defense. He led a full C++ rewrite of a Simulink-based 6DoF flight dynamics model and consolidated trim and gain optimization toolchains using stochastic method-switching to improve global convergence. Comfortable with both research and production, he has hands-on experience with CasADi, ACADO, GPOPS-II, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and Docker-based remote deployment. His background spans AeroVironment engineering roles and PhD-level research at UT Arlington, where he also taught ROS/ROS2 and developed widely praised coursework. Personal projects cover embedded controls, SLAM ground vehicles, and autonomous aerial systems, reflecting a habit of turning academic techniques into deployable software. He also brings an interdisciplinary edge from published work applying rehabilitation haptics and reinforcement learning with computational topology to robotic sensor pose optimization.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington
English, Spanish
Github Skills (48)
htc-vive9
teensy9
garmin9
compass9
sensor9
indoor-positioning8
spark-core7
react6
manipulator6
rails6
rover6
depth5
js5
ruby5
learning-management-system5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
cmcollander/ugv
Jul 2017 - Dec 2018
Contributions:112 commits, 4 PRs, 103 pushes in 1 year 4 months
cmcollander/CompSciGUI
Mar 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:118 pushes, 1 branch, 11 comments in 6 months
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