Jacob Feder
Founder, CEO at Stealth Startup
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Feder is a multidisciplinary engineering leader and founder with 11 years of experience bridging hardware, optics, robotics, and software, currently serving as Chief Scientific Officer at Triplet Imaging. Trained in computer engineering at Brown and carrying a PhD in Applied Physics from the Pritzker School, he has deep hands-on experience in optical engineering, metrology, and robotics from roles at Apple, Hexagon, and PerkinElmer. He specializes in projects that sit at the intersection of mechanical, electrical, and software systems, and thrives on integrating AI and precision instrumentation into productizable workflows. As a founding optical engineer turned CSO, he combines startup grit with academic rigor to advance imaging technologies. Outside engineering, his interests in sociology and political philosophy inform a systems-level perspective on technology and its societal impacts.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Applied Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Applied Physics at Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of ChicagoBachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Engineering at Brown University
Github Skills (51)
xilinx10
networked10
zynq10
axi-stream10
driver10
fifo10
rpyc9
python9
linux-kernel9
experiment9
relational-algebra8
vcdiff8
instrumentation8
comsol8
qt7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jacobfeder/ximea-py
Oct 2022 - Feb 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
nspyre-org/nspyre
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
(n)etworked (s)cientific (p)ython (r)esearch (e)nvironment
Contributions:5 releases, 3 reviews, 298 commits in 2 years 6 months
networkedpythonscientific
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