Evan Drumwright
Software Engineer
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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RockstarEvan Drumwright is a software engineer with 13 years of experience specializing in robotics simulation and back-end systems, currently based in Memphis, Tennessee. He holds a Ph.D. in robotics from USC and serves as CEO of Limber Robotics, bringing research-grade rigor to production software. Evan is a notable open-source contributor to the widely used Drake simulator, where he implemented and extended support for multiple ODE integrators and improved code quality across the codebase. He blends deep simulation expertise with practical engineering—shipping fixes for automotive tests, linting and style, and nuanced features like target-accuracy control—making complex model-based robotics tools more reliable and usable.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (7)
c-language10
develop10
cprogramming-language10
numerical-methods10
drake10
software-quality9
testing8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
RobotLocomotion/drake
Oct 2016 - Jan 2022
Model-based design and verification for robotics.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:34 reviews, 178 commits, 379 PRs in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Evan implemented support for various ODE integrators, including the addition of arbitrary ODE integrators, style updates, and the fixing of issues in automotive tests. The contributions also involved addressing and fixing formatting and code quality issues, specifically cpp lint warnings. The user worked on the implementation of specific functionalities like the set_target_accuracy.
model-basedmodel-based-designroboticsdrakeverification
edrumwri/drake
Feb 2019 - Jan 2022
A planning, control, and analysis toolbox for nonlinear dynamical systems. More info at
Contributions:1 review, 221 commits, 15 PRs in 2 years 11 months
crosswordentropystructural-engineeringnonlinearnonlinear-dynamics
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