Jennifer Nguyen
Software Engineer at Intrinsic
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJennifer Nguyen is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building robotics and simulation software, currently contributing at Intrinsic in Mountain View. She has deep ROS and C++ expertise from research and industry roles—having worked on autonomous pollination robots, planetary-rover-style navigation, and simulation tooling at Open Robotics. Her open-source contributions to the Gazebo simulator focus on improving GUI usability and developer workflow, reflecting a user-centered approach to complex robotics systems. Jennifer combines mechanical and software skills from a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering with a BS in Computer Science, enabling her to bridge perception, manipulation, and simulation. Colleagues rely on her for practical integrations (e.g., MoveIt!, Octomap, TRACK-IK) and for turning research prototypes into robust, testable systems.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Minor Mathematics, GPA: 3.6, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Minor Mathematics, GPA: 3.6 at West Virginia University
Vietnamese
Github Skills (13)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
front-end-development10
qt10
render10
rendering10
gazebosim9
robot-simulator9
cpp9
simulations9
robotics-simulation9
interface-design8
ui-design8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
gazebosim/gz-sim
Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
Open source robotics simulator. The latest version of Gazebo.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:176 reviews, 17 commits, 46 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Jennifer primarily contributed to the GUI components of the Gazebo simulator, implementing features like mesh dragging, material color editing, and camera control settings. They also worked on fixing GUI component updates and integrating the GUI with the view controller. Furthermore, the user addressed bugs in the GUI relating to the component inspector and entity selection, demonstrating a focus on user interface functionality and usability within the simulation environment.
robotics-simulationignitionsdfsimulationsimulator
gazebosim/.github
Feb 2021 - Jul 2022
Default Ignition health files such as issue and PR templates
Contributions:2 reviews, 4 commits, 6 PRs in 1 year 5 months
healthignitionpr-templateshealth-files
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