Jacob Hartzer
Staff Autonomy Applications Engineer
College Station, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Hartzer is a Staff Autonomy Applications Engineer with nine years of experience applying advanced guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) and real-time software techniques across defense and robotics programs. He has led teams of up to 12 engineers to develop multi-hypothesis filters, estimation algorithms, and Monte Carlo-backed integration tests that improved system performance and reduced engineering hours through automated analysis pipelines. His background spans hands-on C++, MATLAB/Simulink, and real-time flight software modernization, with demonstrated impact from missile guidance tuning to collaborative localization for GPS-denied autonomous vehicles. Jacob combines academic depth (MS and PhD work in mechanical engineering) with practical product delivery—designing low-cost autonomous hardware and boosting AMR throughput with custom path-planning—showing a rare blend of research rigor and field-proven engineering. Based in College Station, TX, he brings both leadership and measurable systems-level improvements to autonomy programs.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University
English
Github Skills (33)
optical-flow8
calibration8
typescript8
imu8
camera8
journal8
microsoft7
electron7
vscode-extension7
vscode7
depth-camera7
editor7
open-access7
creative-commons6
visual-studio6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
unmannedlab/collab_localization
Oct 2020 - Oct 2022
Contributions:40 commits, 27 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years
unmannedlab/ubxtranslator
Jan 2020 - May 2022
A simple python parser for UBX messages
Contributions:1 release, 11 pushes, 1 tag in 2 years 4 months
pythonpython-parserubxubx-messagesparser
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