Matthew Turnbull - Mechanical Design Engineer at Variation Reduction Solutions, Inc. (VRSI)

Matthew Turnbull

Mechanical Design Engineer at Variation Reduction Solutions, Inc. (VRSI)

Detroit Metropolitan Area United States

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Matthew Turnbull is a Mechanical Design Engineer with 15 years of hands-on experience designing vision automation systems for the automotive industry and building custom test equipment. Based in the Detroit metro area, he blends practical fabrication and wiring skills with CAD expertise in NX and SolidWorks to deliver robust, production-ready mechanical solutions. A collaborative, problem-solving teammate, he’s known for stepping in where needed and translating ambiguous requirements into workable designs. His open-source contributions to the XCSoar glide computer demonstrate a comfort with C++ back-end development and adding domain-specific features like BGA sector observation zones. That mix of manufacturing-floor experience, test-fixture design, and hobbyist-level software contributions gives him an unusual cross-disciplinary perspective on automation challenges. He holds a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Wayne State University.

15 years of coding experience

1 year of employment as a software developer

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering at Wayne State University

English

Github Skills (10)

aviation10

gliding10

navigationbar10

c-language10

cprogramming-language10

navigationview10

navigation-drawer10

cplus9

cpp9

maps9

Programming languages (1)

C++

Github contributions (2)

XCSoar/XCSoar

Aug 2010 - Mar 2011

... the open-source glide computer

Role in this project:

Back-end Developer

Contributions:7 commits in 7 months

Contributions summary:Matthew implemented new observation zone types related to BGA sectors, including header and source files for `BGAEnhancedOptionZone` and `BGAFixedCourseZone`. They integrated these new zone types into the task factory, dialogs, and serialization/deserialization logic, enabling their use within the XCSoar glide computer. Further contributions include adjustments to existing components to incorporate the new sector types, such as adding a keyhole shape. Several commits address corrections to British default unit values.

aviationlinuxc-plus-plusandroidwindows-mobile

matthewturnbull/xcsoar

Jan 2015 - Jan 2018

Contributions:46 pushes in 3 years

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