Eric Mueller
Airspace Engineer at FEMA
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Mueller is an airspace engineer with 11+ years of experience designing and validating systems that enable safe integration of aerial ridesharing, UAS, and novel aircraft into the National Airspace System. He combines deep research credentials—including a Stanford PhD and leadership roles at NASA—with industry impact at Uber Elevate and Joby Aviation, translating analysis, simulation, and flight test into deployable airspace services. Known for applying sound engineering judgment to minimize risk, he evaluates algorithms and technologies across the full lifecycle from concept to operational validation. Uniquely, he pairs this technical expertise with hands-on emergency response experience as a FEMA search-and-rescue specialist, bringing practical, safety-first instincts to high-consequence aerospace systems.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Stanford University
Github Skills (20)
julia8
science8
programming-language7
machine-learning7
bayesian6
hpc6
numerical6
probabilistic-models5
petsc5
bayesian-statistics4
tikz4
julialang4
probabilistic-graphical-models4
latex4
aircraft4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sisl/TLogParse
Dec 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:23 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
tanmayshankar/visual_collision_avoidance
Oct 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 30 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
odometryuavcollision-avoidanceavoidancevisual-slam
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