Jason De La Cruz
Director, Blue Moon MK2 Crew Lander Software & Autonomy at Blue Origin
California, United States
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Top SchoolJason De La Cruz is a seasoned software engineering leader with 17 years of experience delivering safety-critical and mission-focused systems, currently directing software and autonomy for Blue Moon MK2 crew lander programs. He previously led the New Shepard avionics team that enabled the first autonomous human space tourism flights above the Kármán line, blending rigorous engineering discipline with operational excellence. Jason has deep hands-on experience in flight software, autonomy, and cloud-based simulation from roles at Blue Origin, Zone 5 Technologies, and defense contractors, spanning C/C++ and Python-driven architectures. He excels at building world-class teams that move from prototype to certified systems, and at integrating complex hardware-software stacks under strict safety requirements. Based in California, he combines aerospace-grade process maturity with a track record of shipping high-impact autonomous systems in both commercial and defense domains. An understated strength is his history of scaling simulation and massively parallel analytics to accelerate controls tuning and mission planning.
17 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
American SchoolPinaresUniversity of Central Florida
English, SpanishGithub contributions (5)
delacruz/headtracker
May 2009 - Jan 2011
Contributions:56 commits in 1 year 8 months
delacruz/XplaneRestApi
Mar 2011 - Apr 2011
Contributions:19 commits in 1 month
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