Jacob Mekker is a Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead with nine years of experience designing instrument control systems in C# and a broad background spanning bare-metal embedded C, OS kernel work, real-time C++ applications, and desktop control software. Based in Santa Barbara, he currently leads software efforts at Agilent Technologies, bringing practical expertise in low-level computing, device drivers, and system architectures honed since graduating RIT with degrees in Computer Science and Physics. He has applied his academic focus to industry problems and education alike—his senior capstone created a hands-on quantum computing workshop, and earlier roles include teaching and quantum programming internships. Known for translating complex hardware constraints into reliable software, he combines R&D rigor with operational support experience from technical support and field roles. Jacob’s GitHub reflects a hands-on tinkerer mentality and a willingness to engage across the stack, making him comfortable both with embedded resource constraints and higher-level analytics and tooling.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics at Rochester Institute of Technology
Contributions:3 releases, 4 PRs, 21 pushes in 2 years 10 months
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