James Jackson
Principal TLM (Map Fusion) at Aurora
Kaysville, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Jackson is a Senior Staff TLM specializing in map fusion and localization with 11 years of experience applying control theory, state estimation, and robotics software to real-world autonomous systems. At Aurora he has progressed through roles across mapping and onboard localization, designing algorithms and infrastructure that bridge perception, GNSS, and inertial sensing for robust autonomy. His PhD work produced practical contributions—GV-INS for indoor-outdoor transitions and optimized LQR/MPC over rotation manifolds—plus an open research autopilot (ROSflight) that evidences his hardware-to-software fluency. He pairs deep academic rigor with hands-on flight testing and production engineering from startups to national labs, and even co-founded a construction venture in Ghana that sharpened his product and operational instincts. Based in Kaysville, Utah, James thrives on solving the messy integration problems that make autonomous vehicles reliable in everyday environments.
11 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 Brigham Young University
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Github Skills (94)
firmware10
ros10
ros-node10
autopilot10
integrate10
aircraft10
driver10
qt9
mpu9
can-bus9
gps9
bandwidth9
joystick9
serial-communication9
garmin9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
byu-magicc/fcu_io
May 2016 - May 2017
[DEPRECATED] Superseded by https://github.com/rosflight/rosflight
Contributions:1 release, 96 commits, 40 PRs in 11 months
sensorsros2bandwidthrosactuators
superjax/tinyIMU_arduino
Feb 2015 - Apr 2017
Arduino Sketch to process IMU messages from MPU6050 and publish with tiny ROS messages
Contributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 2 years 2 months
arduinoimumpurossketch
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