Frederick Wachter
Software Engineer at Apple
Campbell, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFrederick Wachter is a software engineer with a decade of experience blending mechanical and software engineering to build robotic and embedded systems, currently contributing at Apple from Campbell, CA. He holds advanced mechanical engineering training and has repeatedly delivered full-cycle robotic platforms—designing hardware, integrating sensors, and implementing ROS-based control and autonomy for maritime, aerial, and industrial manipulators. His background includes internships at ETH Zurich and Lockheed Martin where he developed ROS drivers, MoveIt! integrations, and sensor interfaces, and he’s comfortable moving between low-level C++ drivers and higher-level system architecture. Beyond engineering, he has led teams of up to 100 members and supported project management, sponsorship, and product development, reflecting a blend of technical depth and organizational leadership. An interesting through-line: he continually pairs hands-on fabrication and sensor assembly with production-grade software, making him adept at closing the gap between prototype hardware and reliable deployed systems.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
N/A, Statistics, N/A, Statistics at Montgomery County Community CollegeBachelor's & Master's Degree, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Bachelor's & Master's Degree, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Drexel UniversityBachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Robotics, Bachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Robotics at University West
English, French
Github Skills (7)
robot8
ros7
robotics7
irb6
webots5
gazebo-simulator4
gazebosim4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
SwerveRoboticSystems/swerve
Jul 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:22 commits, 1 PR, 24 pushes in 5 months
roboticsswerveros2robotros
SwerveRoboticSystems/SwerveRoboticSystems.github.io
Jul 2016 - Jun 2018
Website for Swerve Robotic Systems
Contributions:1 release, 45 PRs, 61 pushes in 1 year 11 months
swerve
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