Jon Watson
Software Engineer at John Deere
Lakeville, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJon Watson is an embedded software engineer with 11 years' experience building safety-conscious, low-complexity systems for avionics and precision agriculture, now working at John Deere. He combines systems engineering rigor (DO-178B/C experience and MISRA C discipline) with hands-on C, assembly, and Embedded Linux development across microcontroller and UAV camera platforms. Jon emphasizes early requirements elicitation and maintainable, minimal software designs that balance detail orientation with a system-level perspective. Based in Lakeville, MN, he brings a pragmatic curiosity for new tools and hardware, translating complex requirements into elegant, auditable implementations.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master’s Degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Iowa State University
English
Github Skills (21)
autopilot10
mavlink10
drones10
ros10
px49
rover9
raspberry-pi9
qgroundcontrol8
qt8
pic327
station7
android6
windows6
linux6
ios6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
SenteraLLC/pic32-fmu.X
Jul 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:4 releases, 109 commits, 38 PRs in 1 year
flightflight-managementunitpic32
SenteraLLC/dspic33-servo-can-node.X
Jun 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:50 commits, 8 PRs, 13 pushes in 7 months
controllermotor-controllerservo-motorcan-busmotor
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