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 (77)
catkin10
point-cloud-library10
cpp10
ros10
robotics10
computer-vision10
qtcreator10
sensor10
moveit10
ros-driver10
point-cloud10
pcl10
plugin10
driver10
calibration10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Jmeyer1292/block_diagram_z3
Jun 2021 - Sep 2021
Contributions:88 commits in 3 months
Jmeyer1292/descartes
Feb 2015 - Jul 2018
ROS-Industrial Special Project: Cartesian Path Planner
Contributions:1 PR, 195 pushes, 121 branches in 3 years 5 months
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