Summary
Jack Rademacher is a researcher-engineer focused on designing, building, and deploying full‑stack underwater sensing, communication, and localization systems that connect the ocean to the digital world. As a Graduate Research Assistant at MIT Media Lab’s Signal Kinetics group, he translates deep‑tech research into rugged, field‑ready IoT platforms used for maritime sensing, climate monitoring, offshore energy, and defense. His expertise spans analog/mixed‑signal design, pressure‑tolerant mechanical systems, embedded firmware, DSP, acoustics, and network protocol design—skills reflected in peer‑reviewed publications at SIGCOMM, MobiCom, and WUWNet. With a decade of hands‑on experience including internships at Analog Devices, Apple, and MITRE, he combines lab rigor with product‑grade engineering and has attracted media attention from outlets like MIT Technology Review and IEEE Spectrum. An MIT PhD candidate, he’s as comfortable designing RF/microwave beamforming hardware as he is architecting resilient underwater networking stacks, a blend that drives practical solutions for sensing the planet’s largest and least connected environment.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical Engineering at University of Michigan