Duncan Hamill
GNC Engineer at Rocket Lab
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDuncan Hamill is a Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) engineer with a decade of experience designing autonomous navigation systems for planetary rovers and space vehicles. Based in London, he has driven GNC work on the Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover, contributed to IBB field trials, and progressed through roles at Airbus Defence and Space before moving to Rocket Lab. His background blends hands-on algorithm development, AOCS analysis and robotics integration, giving him end-to-end exposure from simulation to field trials. Colleagues know him for translating complex mission requirements into robust navigation solutions and for bringing a pragmatic test-first mindset honed on real rover deployments.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Aeronautics & Astronautics, Aeronautics & Astronautics at University of Southampton
Github Skills (71)
game-development10
data-driven10
rust10
open-source10
game-engine9
elevation9
bevy9
terrain9
occupancy9
rviz8
simulator7
gcc7
firmware7
ros7
robotics7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
SUSF-Robotics-and-Software/phobos_sw
Apr 2020 - Aug 2021
Software for the Phobos rover written in Rust
Contributions:237 commits, 29 PRs, 161 pushes in 1 year 4 months
rustphobosroverrobotics
duncanrhamill/duncanrhamill
Aug 2020 - Nov 2024
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
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