Jeff Irwin
Principal Research Engineer at Autodesk
State College, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolJeff Irwin is a Principal Research Engineer at Autodesk with nine years of experience blending mechanical engineering expertise and applied research to drive product innovation. He progressed through research roles into principal-level leadership since joining Autodesk in 2016, bringing a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State and hands-on experience in product development and strategy. Based in State College, PA, he bridges academic rigor and industry impact, translating complex physical systems and simulation insights into practical software solutions. Known for sustaining long-term projects and evolving technical direction within a large engineering organization, he combines deep domain knowledge with a pragmatic focus on shipping research-driven features.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, PhD, Mechanical Engineering at Penn State University
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Github Skills (37)
matlab9
fortran9
normal9
interpreter8
slice7
compiler6
vector6
double6
sparse-matrix6
matrix6
algorithm6
printf6
browser-game5
javascript5
dice5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
JeffIrwin/minizip
Apr 2020 - Jan 2025
Fork of the popular zip manipulation library found in the zlib distribution.
Contributions:30 pushes in 4 years 9 months
manipulationmanipulation-librarytarballzipzlib
JeffIrwin/json
Dec 2019 - Mar 2025
JSON for Modern C++
Contributions:4 PRs, 343 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 3 months
cppc-plus-plusmodern-ccpp17json
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