Sander Idelson
Senior Flight Software Engineering Manager at Muon Space
Oakland, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSander Idelson is a senior flight software engineering manager with 12 years of hands-on robotics and embedded systems experience, currently leading flight software at Muon Space after managing perception teams at Saildrone and robotics groups at Canvas. He combines a strong control-systems and mechanical engineering background (M.Eng. in Control Systems and Robotics) with practical expertise across perception, navigation, and real-world deployed robotics platforms. Known for growing engineers through mentorship and cross-functional collaboration, he consistently aligns technical roadmaps with product vision to deliver mission-focused results. His career spans consumer device navigation, construction automation, autonomous marine systems, and aerospace — demonstrating an ability to translate research-grade algorithms into robust fielded systems. Colleagues describe him as a builder who sees both the low-level firmware details and the high-level strategic trends that create new product opportunities. Based in Oakland, he’s seeking roles that let him push boundaries in robotics while shaping technical product strategy.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (M.E.), Control Systems and Robotics, Master of Engineering (M.E.), Control Systems and Robotics at Rochester Institute of Technologyfor B.S, Mechanical Engineering, for B.S, Mechanical Engineering at Penn State University
Github Skills (48)
webots10
gazebosim10
lidar10
sensor10
gazebo-simulator10
robotics9
ros9
c-library9
cpp8
slam8
localization8
pls8
simultaneous8
preload8
configurations7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Sanderi44/Lidar-Lite
Apr 2015 - Jul 2018
C++ and python libraries for getting data from the Lidar-Lite sensor
Contributions:15 commits, 3 PRs, 14 pushes in 3 years 3 months
pythonsensorlitepython-librarieslidar
Sanderi44/Chess
Feb 2018 - Jan 2020
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
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