Erik Holum
Owner at Astropup Engineering
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolErik Holum is an experienced space robotics engineer and founder with 11 years building robot control software and manipulation platforms for NASA and commercial programs. He has led technical development at PickNik Robotics on MoveIt Studio and contributed to high-profile NASA efforts including OSAM-1 and the Ranger Satellite Servicing System, blending hands-on software engineering with mission-focused systems integration. Based in Boston, he now runs Astropup Engineering, offering software and scientific engineering services and collaborating with NASA’s Johnson Space Center on dexterous robotics capabilities. With advanced degrees in aerospace engineering and mathematics from Maryland and Oxford, he combines rigorous academic training with practical backend and robotics systems experience dating back to Amazon. Colleagues appreciate his knack for the tedious but critical details—he even jokes about resolving CSV merge conflicts—which reflects a pragmatic, meticulous approach to complex robotic software.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Aerospace Engineering, Master of Science (MS) Aerospace Engineering at University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of EngineeringMaster of Science (MSc) Mathematics, Master of Science (MSc) Mathematics at University of OxfordBachelor's degree Mathematics Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Mathematics Computer Science at Wesleyan University
Spanish, Chinese
Github Skills (47)
webots10
robotics10
robot-control10
gazebosim10
meta10
edmonds-karp10
astar10
robot10
moveit10
robot-simulator10
planning10
prototyping10
ros10
manipulator10
simulator9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
eholum/space-ros
Jun 2024 - Mar 2025
The Space ROS meta operating system for space robotics.
Contributions:3 reviews, 2 PRs, 30 pushes in 9 months
eholum/moveit2_tutorials
Sep 2022 - Jan 2024
A sphinx-based centralized documentation repo for MoveIt 2
Contributions:8 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 4 months
centralizedpythonmoveitsphinx
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