Daniel Eaton
Chief Field Application Engineer
Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Eaton is a Chief Field Application Engineer with 11 years at NI and nearly 20 years building and delivering custom test and automation solutions for automotive and industrial customers. He specializes in architecting end-to-end test systems— from enterprise-level test strategy down to lights-out station automation—helping OEMs improve quality and throughput. His background spans control and acquisition systems for power generation, aerospace, and research institutions like CERN, reflecting a comfort with high-reliability, regulated environments. A Michigan State mechanical engineering graduate with top academic honors, he combines hands-on programming and system design with deep domain experience in automotive validation and durability testing. Less obvious: he has repeatedly transformed manual test processes into fully automated systems, freeing operators and enabling continuous, unattended test campaigns.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Overall 3.8; Engineering 3.93, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Overall 3.8; Engineering 3.93 at Michigan State University
Github Skills (17)
data-dashboard10
labview8
publish7
addon7
inline6
async-await5
dashboard5
asynchronous4
async4
grpc2
thin1
java1
simplify1
transport1
stm1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
NIVeriStandAdd-Ons/Instrument-Custom-Device
Dec 2014 - Jul 2020
Contributions:136 commits, 1 PR, 88 pushes in 5 years 7 months
NIVeriStandAdd-Ons/Control-Custom-Device
Dec 2014 - Nov 2021
Contributions:109 commits, 75 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 11 months
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