Summary
Pedro Contipelli is a Guidance, Navigation, and Control software engineer with 10+ years of hands-on experience building mission-critical systems for space and robotics. Currently at SpaceX after leading full-stack ground software efforts at York Space Systems, he combines C#, .NET, TypeScript/React, Python, and backend data work with practical GN&C expertise. His background includes internships at Google and Microsoft, NSF-supported vision research, and student leadership running AI@UCF where he guided reinforcement-learning and attention-based research projects. Outside work he ships creative personal projects—an app for flight notifications, a self-playing guitar demo, and a stabilization “ball never falls” prototype—reflecting a blend of systems engineering, applied ML, and a maker’s curiosity.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, Computer Science, High School Diploma, Computer Science at Doral Academy Charter High School
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Central Florida