Jonathan Meyer
Staff Software Engineer at Diligent Robotics
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Meyer is a Staff Software Engineer in Austin with 11 years building perception-driven robotic systems across embedded control to high-level autonomy. He has led hardware-software integration for production robots—reverse-engineering forklift platforms, owning control, safety, and calibration stacks—and scaled ROS-Industrial solutions from research prototypes to multimillion-dollar industrial projects. Equally comfortable in low-level drivers and motion planning, he simplifies complex constraints into reliable soft real-time planners and collision-aware navigation. A committed mentor and educator, he’s taught ROS courses and coached engineers while contributing to open source robotics tools. His background in mechanical engineering (BSM/MS, 4.0) and hands-on projects like autonomous quadcopter light shows reveal a blend of rigorous academics and practical, creative system design. Peers know him for seeking the “next hardest problem,” pairing technical depth with empathy and pedagogy.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 4.0, Master's Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 4.0 at University of Oklahoma
Github Skills (106)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Jmeyer1292/abb_experimental
Jul 2015 - Jul 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 18 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years
roboticsmeta-packageros2metaindustrial
Jmeyer1292/hybrid_planning_experiments
Sep 2018 - Oct 2018
Sampler + Optimizing Motion Planning Demonstrations
Contributions:22 commits, 6 PRs, 11 pushes in 1 month
pybulletmotionsamplerplanningoptimizing
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