Derek Braun
Robotics Software Engineer at Bright Autonomy
Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area Canada
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Top SchoolDerek Braun is a robotics software engineer with eight years of experience and a 3.9 GPA in Computer Software Engineering from the Schulich School of Engineering. He specializes in navigation, perception, and control for autonomous outdoor machinery, currently building retrofit autonomy and low-latency remote-operation systems at Bright Autonomy. Derek has a strong systems background in C++ and Python, practical experience with Nvidia Jetson, Intel RealSense, Ublox RTK GPS, CAN devices, and has tuned EKF fusion to achieve sub-2 cm positional accuracy in fielded robots. His work balances pragmatic engineering—reducing setup time and creating Gazebo test environments—with creative sensing solutions like mm-wave radar perception and obstacle avoidance under constrained vision. Colleagues describe him as fast-iterating and product-minded, able to translate end-user needs into robust, testable autonomous features.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, 3.9 / 4.0, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, 3.9 / 4.0 at Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ucalgary-rover/rover-software
Dec 2019 - Apr 2022
Contributions:79 commits, 12 PRs, 69 pushes in 2 years 5 months
derek-braun/CPSC471-Project
Nov 2019 - Jun 2020
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch, 3 comments in 6 months
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