David Sorensen
Principal Staff Software Engineer at National Instruments
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Sorensen is a Principal Staff Software Engineer in Austin with over 20 years of hands-on experience building high-performance test, data acquisition, and RF software systems for aerospace and defense. Trained in mechanical engineering and mechatronics with deep robotics roots, he blends LabVIEW, TestStand, RT/FPGA, and embedded C/C++ expertise to deliver modular, reusable test architectures used in mission-critical programs. At National Instruments and prior roles at Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems he led teams, architected STE frameworks, and was repeatedly recognized as a domain expert in test systems. He has practical robotics research experience from academia and international work, including a published IROS paper and NSF-funded research, which informs his pragmatic approach to automation and sensor integration. Known for solving tough integration and real-time performance problems, he favors efficiency and reuse, turning complex RF and detector testing requirements into reliable production systems.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Science Mechanical Engineering; mechatronics and robotics, Master of Science Mechanical Engineering; mechatronics and robotics at Texas A&M UniversityProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
charmedlabs/Pixy2LabVIEW
Feb 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:25 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
charmedlabs/pixy
Oct 2015 - Nov 2015
pixy CMUcam5
Contributions:5 commits, 5 PRs, 5 pushes in 2 months
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