Jerel Nielsen
Staff Software Engineer at Hayden AI
Spanish Fork, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJerel Nielsen is a Staff Software Engineer with a decade of experience building navigation, sensor fusion, and state estimation systems for autonomous vehicles and robots. He combines a PhD-level background in electrical engineering with hands-on expertise integrating RGB/IR cameras, IMUs, and GNSS to turn mathematical concepts into production software and functional machines. Across roles at Hayden AI, Embark Trucks, and FLIR, he has focused on robust perception and control pipelines for real-world autonomy. Based in Spanish Fork, Utah, he is especially skilled at bridging algorithm development and practical system engineering—often validating theory through vehicle and platform-level deployment. A former mechanical engineer and drafter by training, he brings uncommon breadth from low-level hardware understanding to advanced estimation algorithms.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering at Utah State UniversityAssociate's degree, CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician, Associate's degree, CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician at Bridgerland Technical CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering at Brigham Young University
Github Skills (27)
gazebosim10
ignition10
yarp10
gazebo-simulator10
openscenegraph9
robotics9
simulation9
robot-simulator9
ros9
robotics-simulation9
autopilot7
firmware6
eeprom5
matlab4
satellite4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jerelbn/test_scripts
Jan 2021 - Feb 2024
Contributions:63 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 1 month
jerelbn/cpp_tests
Jan 2020 - Mar 2023
Contributions:76 pushes, 7 branches, 1 comment in 3 years 2 months
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