Sam Mitchell
Principal Embedded Software Engineer at Outrider
Denver Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Mitchell is a Principal Embedded Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building and operationalizing embedded control systems for robotics, automation, and semiconductor manufacturing. Based in Denver, he has driven measurable improvements—overhauling autonomy architectures to boost test coverage and code reuse, and developing CANopen drive-by-wire and 3D Crosspoint process-control solutions that dramatically cut start times and packet loss. He blends hands-on embedded firmware, CI/CD, and system-level design with team leadership and mentoring, delivering promotions, hires, and full retention under his supervision. Sam is comfortable across the stack from PCB design and real-time RTOS development to cloud-integrated pipelines, and he has a track record of turning prototype deadlines into production-ready systems. An inquisitive problem-solver, he often surfaces subtle process bottlenecks (from build flows to power and comms) and fixes them for lasting gains.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Computer Engineering, Master of Science (MS) Computer Engineering at Utah State University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (20)
robotics7
ros6
state-machine6
fsm5
game-ai5
behavior4
behavior-tree4
sphinx4
doxygen4
python3
ai3
cpp3
restructuredtext3
machine-learning3
socket-io1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
smitchell7/Hardware-Security
Jan 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:33 commits in 3 months
smitchell7/sats_car_ros
Jul 2016 - Jan 2018
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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