Patrick Mcgarey
Sr. Robotics Software Engineer at BLUE ORIGIN
Old Toronto, Ontario, United States
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Top SchoolPatrick Mcgarey is a senior robotics software engineer with a decade of experience designing autonomy and extreme-terrain robotic systems for space exploration. Currently a technical lead at Blue Origin, he heads the Blue Alchemist project to convert lunar regolith into solar cells and other products, translating in-situ resource utilization concepts into production-capable robotics. Previously a robotics technologist at NASA JPL, he developed tethered rover technologies and novel tether-deployment methods that double as subsurface-sounding antennas. He holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Toronto (Fulbright STEM visiting scholar) where he built and field-tested the tethered TReX climber and advanced TSLAM and autonomous route-following algorithms. Patrick blends deep systems engineering, hands-on field testing, and product-focused delivery—unusual for academic-trained roboticists—plus a creative background as a professional musician, which he cites as influential in collaborative, cross-disciplinary problem solving. Based in Toronto, he focuses on making autonomous systems robust enough to operate sustainably across the Solar System.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. Earth & Space Exploration, Exploration Systems Design, B.Sc. Earth & Space Exploration, Exploration Systems Design at Arizona State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Aerospace Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Aerospace Engineering at University of Toronto
Github Skills (9)
steam9
simultaneous9
robotics9
cpp8
snl-applications7
python6
geometry3
math2
math-library1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
utiasASRL/trex
Sep 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
utiasASRL/steam
Mar 2016 - Mar 2017
The Simultaneous Trajectory Estimation and Mapping (STEAM) Engine.
Contributions:17 commits in 11 months
roboticscpppythonsnl-applicationsc-plus-plus
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