Daniel Koch
Senior Software Engineer at Aurora
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Koch is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in localization, guidance, navigation, and control for autonomous aerial vehicles. Based in Pittsburgh, he brings a rare combination of deep theoretical research (PhD-level work and years as a research assistant) and hands-on systems engineering, having co-created the ROSflight autopilot and deployed algorithms on real UAVs. At Aurora he develops localization solutions for production autonomous vehicles, building on prior internships and research at Kitty Hawk, AFRL, and academic labs. He excels at taking algorithms from concept through implementation and flight testing in GPS-denied, indoor, and real-world environments. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic problem solving that bridges rigorous modeling and robust embedded software. He’s passionate about turning research-grade ideas into operational systems that actually fly.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude at Brigham Young University
Github Skills (48)
autopilot10
lists10
firmware10
serial-communication10
ros10
mavlink9
drones9
raspberry-pi8
c-library8
ais8
yang8
rover8
px48
asynchronous8
async8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dpkoch/mange
Jan 2020 - Jun 2024
Contributions:29 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 6 months
dpkoch/tidal
Apr 2019 - Jan 2022
Contributions:1 release, 28 commits, 20 pushes in 2 years 9 months
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