James Jackson
Senior Staff 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
9 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 (157)
firmware10
gps-tracker10
ros10
autopilot10
ignition10
garmin10
integrate10
gazebosim10
robot-simulator10
robotics-simulation10
yarp10
gazebo-simulator10
theory9
qt9
chord-diagram9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
superjax/tinyIMU_arduino
Feb 2015 - Apr 2017
Contributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 2 years 2 months
publishimutinyarduinoros
rosflight/rosflight_firmware
May 2016 - Mar 2020
Firmware for the ROSflight autopilot
Contributions:919 commits, 192 PRs, 767 pushes in 3 years 10 months
firmwarerosuavautopilotflight-controller
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