JamesĀ Fitzgerald
Senior Software Engineer at NI (National Instruments)
Round Rock, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Fitzgerald is a Senior Software Engineer with six years of hands-on experience building and releasing driver software at National Instruments, where he progressed from technician roles into engineering and leadership. He specializes in Python, LabVIEW, and C++ and combines deep driver testing expertise with feature development and release stewardship for multiple products. Known for mentoring junior engineers and leading cross-functional efforts, he bridges rigorous regression testing practices with pragmatic engineering to keep complex drivers stable in production. Based in Round Rock, Texas, he brings an electrical engineering foundation from Texas A&M that informs his hardware-adjacent software work. An early career focus on managing large regression suites gives him a rare blend of testing discipline and delivery ownership that accelerates reliable shipping.
6 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University
Github Skills (18)
modular10
python-bindings10
python9
csharp9
php9
remote-access9
device-driver9
grpc9
cpp9
daqmx9
api8
ruby8
objective-c8
asyncio4
system-configuration2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ni-jfitzger/nimi-python
Mar 2020 - Feb 2025
Python bindings for NI Modular Instrument drivers.
Contributions:4 PRs, 307 pushes, 226 branches in 4 years 11 months
driverspython310pythonpython-bindingspyinstaller
ni-jfitzger/grpc-device
Jul 2023 - Sep 2023
gRPC server providing remote access to NI device driver APIs.
Contributions:12 pushes, 10 branches in 2 months
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