Elijah Cobb
NASA LuSTR at Planetary Surface Technology Development Lab
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolElijah Cobb is a Ph.D. computer scientist and software engineer specializing in robotics and aerospace software, currently advancing lunar and planetary mobility systems at Michigan Technological University’s Planetary Surface Technology Development Lab. With 11 years of hands-on experience, he has led full-stack and backend development for startups and research projects, authored TypeScript packages used in production, and built C++/ROS autonomy and mission-control frameworks for NASA-funded rovers. Elijah’s work spans sensor integration, GPR and percussive penetrometer adaptation, and simulation systems like a 3-axis gravity offloader, reflecting a rare blend of field robotics, embedded control, and web-scale software. Based in San Diego, he combines academic rigor with startup pragmatism and has repeatedly turned research prototypes into operational systems used in NASA missions.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.49, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.49 at Michigan Technological UniversityEngineering, Engineering at Northwestern Michigan College
Github Skills (63)
api-platform10
api-client10
http-client10
api10
rest-api10
curl10
graphql9
api-design9
insomnia9
websocket9
rest9
grpc9
mail-client8
letter8
imap7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
elijahjcobb/elijahjcobb
Jul 2020 - Dec 2021
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
mtu-pstdl/pstdl.com
Jun 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:2 reviews, 61 commits, 8 PRs in 1 year 3 months
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