David Stier
Aerospace And Software Engineer at Odyssey Space Research, LLC
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Stier is an aerospace and software engineer with 11 years of hands‑on experience bridging satellite operations, embedded systems, and autonomy. He currently supports NOAA’s JPSS constellation and develops mission software at Odyssey Space Research after leading orbit determination, maneuver planning, and launch/commissioning prep for JPSS satellites. A former Army electronics technician turned aerospace grad (UIUC, 3.96) and Stanford master's student, he combines field-proven troubleshooting of military systems with modern C/C++/Python development for flight and ground systems. His background includes building UWB inter‑ranging platforms, ROS-based swarm autonomy, and a Unity soft‑body physics engine—demonstrating a rare mix of low-level hardware expertise and higher-level algorithm design. Colleagues rely on him for practical, testable solutions that span hardware, firmware, and mission operations.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Sandwich Community High SchoolUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignAssociate in Engineering Science with Honors, 4.0, Associate in Engineering Science with Honors, 4.0 at Parkland CollegeAeronautics Astronautics, Aeronautics Astronautics at Stanford UniversityProgramming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Stanford-NavLab/uwb-firmware
Jan 2020 - Jul 2022
Contributions:56 commits, 11 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 6 months
ergordon/GlobalSwarming
Feb 2019 - Sep 2019
Like global warming but with swarms
Contributions:4 PRs, 63 pushes, 9 branches in 6 months
global-warmingswarms
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