Jordan Palacios
Software Engineer at PAL Robotics
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolJordan Palacios is a software engineer with 13 years of experience specializing in robotics platform development at PAL Robotics in Barcelona. He focuses on backend systems and control frameworks for ROS and ROS 2, having driven significant refactors such as migrating controller loading to pluginlib and modularizing controller packages. Jordan pairs hands-on development with strong QA and test automation skills, contributing extensive gtest/gmock-based coverage and mock-based tests to strengthen controller stability and lifecycle behavior. His work improves maintainability and extensibility of core open-source projects in the ros-controls ecosystem, affecting widely used robotics middleware. Comfortable navigating deprecated APIs and large code reorganizations, he consistently turns legacy complexity into cleaner, more testable systems. Trained in computer science at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, he blends academic foundations with pragmatic engineering in production robot software.
13 years of coding experience
UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
English, Spanish, Japanese
Github Skills (13)
ros-control10
test-framework10
c-language10
gmock10
gt10
cprogramming-language10
controller10
ros10
test-automation10
testing10
robotics9
control-systems9
hardware-interface8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ros-controls/ros2_controllers
Feb 2020 - Oct 2020
Generic robotic controllers to accompany ros2_control
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:19 reviews, 13 commits, 13 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Jordan primarily focused on modifying and refactoring controller implementations within the ROS 2 ecosystem. Their work involved removing deprecated macros, splitting controllers into separate packages, and renaming namespaces. They also made substantial changes to the code, including adding const to function parameters and making various refactorings to the codebase. The user's contributions centered on improving the structure, maintainability, and performance of the robotic controllers.
ros2-humbleros2-galacticroboticscontrollersros2
ros-controls/ros2_control
Feb 2020 - May 2021
Generic and simple controls framework for ROS 2
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:18 reviews, 7 commits, 7 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Jordan significantly refactored the controller loading mechanism, transitioning from `class_loader` to `pluginlib` for improved extensibility. This involved removing deprecated code and abstracting controller loading, leading to enhanced flexibility and support for multiple controller loaders. The changes include the introduction of a controller loader plugin and related interface which improved the modularity of the system. The user's contributions also involved the addition of new features related to dynamic joint handles.
ignitionroboticsros2-galacticros2-humblecontrollers
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