Jason Dekarske
Space Operations Training Engineer
Davis, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Dekarske is a space operations training engineer and PhD researcher with nine years of multidisciplinary experience designing human-autonomy teaming for long-duration space missions. He combines hands-on spacecraft operations support at SpaceX with academic research in dynamic human trust modeling, ROS/Gazebo simulation orchestration, and cognitive state representation for remote robotics. Jason has practical mechatronics and embedded systems experience from industry and internships—implementing closed-loop control, custom hardware firmware, and production-ready GUIs—while also contributing open-source front-end work for wearable devices like the Bangle.js golf app. He mentors students and runs outreach to improve digital literacy, bridging rigorous research with teachable, deployable tools such as web-delivered teleoperation experiments. Based in Davis, CA, he studies how authority shifts between humans and autonomous agents in deep space and has published multiple papers and preprints on trust dynamics and anytime trust ratings. Jason’s uncommon blend of operational spacecraft training, experimental human-robot studies, and product-focused engineering makes him effective at turning autonomy research into mission-ready practices.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of California, DavisBachelor's degree Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Bachelor's degree Biomedical/Medical Engineering at University of Wisconsin-MadisonSheboygan South High School
Github Skills (9)
html10
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
smartwatch9
css8
jquery8
web-bluetooth7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
espruino/BangleApps
Apr 2022 - May 2022
Bangle.js App Loader (and Apps)
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 60 commits, 3 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the development of a golf application for the Bangle.js smartwatch. Their work involved creating the user interface with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, including features for displaying course information and user location. The user also implemented features for uploading and downloading course data. The commits also included modifications to the user interface and the codebase.
javascriptloadersmartwatchwebbluetooth
jdekarske/PartialPowersEMG
Jun 2019 - Sep 2021
Contributions:2 PRs, 12 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 3 months
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