Cole Gerdemann
Software Engineer II at SpaceX
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolCole Gerdemann is a Software Engineer II with a decade of experience building and scaling production software and automation for aerospace hardware and Linux fleets. Based in Seattle, he currently owns optical checkout and aHITL software at SpaceX, leading hardware bring-up, vendor negotiations for SECS/GEM integration, and FAT testing for high-rate production. His background includes integrating thermal and networking systems, centralized Linux fleet management with Ansible, and enabling in-flight UDP payload control for NASA missions—work that marries embedded systems, DevOps, and real-time constraints. A longtime enthusiast of space, open source, Linux, and robotics, he combines hands-on robotics and CI/CD experience with practical vendor-facing systems engineering to move prototypes into reliable production.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, 3.6, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, 3.6 at University of Kentucky
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Github Skills (200)
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octoprint10
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Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
CorvetteCole/PixelWatchFace
Dec 2018 - Mar 2022
A minimalistic and open-source watchface for WearOS
Contributions:2 releases, 134 commits, 17 PRs in 3 years 3 months
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CorvetteCole/NOHS-Edge-Client
Sep 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:2 releases, 334 commits, 36 PRs in 1 year 4 months
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