Nathan Toombs
Senior Robotics Engineer at Near Earth Autonomy
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolNathan Toombs is a Senior Robotics Engineer with seven years of hands-on experience developing autonomous systems, currently leading robotics efforts at Near Earth Autonomy in Pittsburgh. He progressed from research and graduate work at the University of Maryland to applied autonomy roles, bringing deep aerospace and mechanical engineering foundations from his MS and BS degrees. Nathan has practical experience across industry and government labs—including AFRL internships and industry positions—bridging research prototypes to field-capable robotic solutions. He is skilled at integrating multidisciplinary hardware and software stacks for autonomy, with a track record of moving from student projects to production engineering. Colleagues know him for pragmatic problem-solving and a knack for turning complex flight- and ground-vehicle requirements into reliable system designs.
7 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Master of Science - MS Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at University of MarylandBachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University
Github Skills (27)
depth-estimation10
intrinsics9
stereo9
ros9
ros-node8
qt8
sensor7
mavlink6
android5
linux5
windows5
ios5
px44
proxy4
sparkfun4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
natetoombs/realsense-ros
Mar 2021 - Jul 2022
Intel(R) RealSense(TM) ROS Wrapper for D400 series, SR300 Camera and T265 Tracking Module
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
ros2camerainteltrackingros
natetoombs/cdc-scripts
Feb 2021 - Jul 2022
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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