Vaughn Kottler
Avionics Software Engineer II at SpaceX
United States
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Top SchoolVaughn Kottler is an avionics software engineer with a decade of experience building and improving embedded systems for high-stakes aerospace and robotics applications. Currently at SpaceX, he architects sensor and device simulation for hardware-in-the-loop testing and supports flight software and launch operations for Falcon 9. He has a strong firmware background from Amazon Robotics, where he built safety-certifiable RTOS firmware and low-level drivers, and earlier work on U-Boot and DMA drivers shows deep systems-level expertise. Vaughn prioritizes leaving systems in better shape than he found them, whether through novel features, refactors, or tooling and infrastructure improvements. Comfortable across the stack, he blends hands-on C/C++/embedded development with Python-based automation and CI tooling. Outside the obvious aerospace focus, his career demonstrates a reliable pattern of improving maintainability and testability in complex, safety-critical systems.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering & Computer Science, Junior, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering & Computer Science, Junior at University of Wisconsin-MadisonHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Middleton High School
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (168)
editor9
visual-studio9
microsoft9
visual-studio-code9
electron9
debugger-visualizer9
vscode-extension9
typescript9
vscode9
cli8
websocket-client8
gdb8
textual8
umbrella8
async-await8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
vkottler/GRU
Mar 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:210 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
vkottler/datazen
Oct 2020 - Oct 2022
A Python package for compiling and rendering schema-validated configuration data from variables and templates.
Contributions:4 releases, 180 commits, 87 PRs in 1 year 11 months
pythonconfigurationschema-validationrenderingvalidated
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