Nick Knudson
Founder & President at RoboCM
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolNick Knudson is a founder and hardware-focused engineering leader with 12 years of experience turning product concepts into market-ready electronics from his San Francisco-based firm, NAK Engineering. He leads cross-disciplinary teams delivering PCB design, embedded firmware, hardware prototyping and end-to-end product engineering for consumer, medical, robotics and industrial clients. Nick pairs hands-on technical depth—demonstrated by his contributions adding USB OTG/CDC support to the popular ODrive motor-control project—with the operational know-how to accelerate timelines and de-risk development for startups. He also co-leads RoboCM, serves as CTO at MediSensor Technologies, and advises robotics and consumer hardware teams, bringing both startup grit and corporate product experience from roles at Mattel and Sproutling. Known for pragmatic, scalable solutions, he often provides the extra bandwidth and specialized expertise teams need to move from prototype to production.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
St. Charles PreparatoryB.S, Electrical & Computer Science Engineering, B.S, Electrical & Computer Science Engineering at The Ohio State University
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Github Skills (22)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
odriverobotics/ODrive
Feb 2017 - Mar 2017
High performance motor control
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 8 comments in 21 days
Contributions summary:Nick primarily contributed to the integration of USB communication capabilities within the ODrive motor control system. This involved adding USB OTG FS with CDC middleware for communication, as well as implementing a USB CDC task for motor control commands. The user also implemented a python script to control the ODrive via USB bulk transfer. Overall, the contributions focused on enabling external control and communication with the motor controller.
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nickaknudson/southwest-checkin
Nov 2015 - Jun 2019
Automatically checks in passengers for their Southwest Flight
Contributions:12 PRs, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
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