Dave Erickson
Defence Scientist at DRDC
Canada
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Top SchoolDave Erickson is a defence scientist and robotics engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience developing life‑saving robotic systems and data fusion solutions for defence and humanitarian operations. With a Master's in Electrical Engineering and a background spanning DRDC, General Dynamics Canada, and field leadership with UN mine action, he blends military operational insight with advanced engineering practice. His work emphasizes practical robotics applications—shaped like an engineer's portfolio—aimed at improving safety and mission effectiveness. Known for a contrarian, big-picture mindset (soldier, scientist, philosopher), he pairs technical depth in sensors and fusion with creative problem-solving under real-world constraints.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Electrical Engineering, Master's degree, Electrical Engineering at University of AlbertaB.Engr, Electrical Engineering, B.Engr, Electrical Engineering at Royal Military College of Canada/Collège militaire royal du CanadaUndergrad, Engineering, Undergrad, Engineering at Royal Roads Military College
c, c++, asm, French, fortran, serbo croat, vulkan graphics language, opengl, augmented finite state machines (subsumption architecture), machine learning, artificial neural networks
Stackoverflow
307reputation
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Github Skills (57)
architecture10
openscad9
linux9
windows9
freecad9
3d9
cad9
schematic9
3d-printer9
3d-printing9
3d-models9
parametric8
opencascade8
modeler8
eda8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
DaemonDave/RingBuffers
Oct 2015 - Oct 2024
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years 1 month
DaemonDave/libdrdc-Interoperability-Data-Standards-Library
Mar 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:18 commits, 15 pushes in 8 months
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