Summary
Gabrielle Merritt is a software development engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in robotics and automation, currently building smarter robots at Amazon Fulfillment Technologies & Robotics. She has held senior engineering roles at Covariant and Strateos, bringing production-grade software to physical systems and lab automation platforms. Her background combines a Master’s in Robotics and a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania with hands-on research and internships in modular and open-source robotics. Gabrielle’s career bridges embedded systems, perception-driven automation, and scalable backend services for robotic fleets. She’s comfortable moving between research prototypes and hardened production code, a skill honed since her student research days in modular robotics. Beyond code, she brings a systems-level intuition for integrating hardware, controls, and software to accelerate deployment of real-world robotic solutions.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at St. Andrew's Episcopal School
Master’s Degree Robotics, Master’s Degree Robotics at University of Pennsylvania
English