Jaci Brunning
Lead Engineer Team Lead (Executive Level 1 - EL1) at Brunning Engineering Pty Ltd (Grapple Robotics)
Canberra, Australia
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Top SchoolJaci Brunning is a Lead Engineer and team lead based in Canberra with 11 years’ experience designing safety-critical mechatronic systems, embedded control software, and distributed control architectures. They founded Grapple Robotics and have delivered over 5,000 high-performance devices for competitive robotics, plus an industrial-grade field control system combining Rust-based distributed software, industrial networking, and automated hardware. At the Australian Government they now lead engineering teams, drawing on deep hands-on C++/embedded expertise showcased in contributions to WPILib’s simulation framework that enables robot development without hardware. Jaci is also a persistent STEM educator and mentor—founding Canberra’s FIRST Robotics team and earning recognition as a Woodie Flowers finalist—bringing a rare blend of production-grade engineering, open-source impact, and sustained investment in developing the next generation of engineers.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Science Double Degree, Mechatronics Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Science Double Degree, Mechatronics Engineering and Computer Science at Curtin University
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Github contributions (5)
wpilibsuite/allwpilib
Dec 2016 - Dec 2022
Official Repository of WPILibJ and WPILibC
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 11 commits, 12 PRs in 6 years
Contributions summary:Jaci primarily contributed to the simulation aspects of the WPILib project. They focused on developing and implementing NetworkTables simulation extensions, specifically for RoboRIO, Analog In/Out, and Driver Station components. These contributions involved creating C++ code to simulate hardware behavior and expose data through NetworkTables, enabling testing and development without physical hardware. This work significantly enhanced the project's testing capabilities and developer workflow.
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Open-RIO/Routines
Mar 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:1 release, 15 commits, 12 pushes in 9 months
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