Viet Nguyen
Robotics Technologist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Irvine, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolViet Nguyen is a robotics technologist with 11 years of experience building autonomy, perception, and visualization systems at JPL, blending aerospace roots with graduate training in AI, ML, and computer vision from UCLA. He has led flight software for multi-agent exploration missions, modernized onboard processing for biomedical and maritime autonomy, and created simulation and system-integration frameworks that emphasize automated testing and reproducibility. His background includes graphics and real-time visualization across mission-critical outreach and operations, plus hands-on hardware/software integration for camera and telemetry systems. Notably, he refactored legacy mission simulation tools and introduced test-driven simulation frameworks and hyperparameter-optimized perception pipelines, bringing research-quality ML into robust production contexts. Based in Irvine, CA, he thrives on breadth as much as depth—switching between low-level flight software, visual effects, and high-level autonomy architectures to deliver dependable, auditable systems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Transfer, No Degree, Engineering (general), Transfer, No Degree, Engineering (general) at Pasadena City CollegeBachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (64)
getopt10
parser10
cmake10
object-oriented-programming10
argparse10
command-line-parser10
argument-parsing10
argv10
doxygen10
embedded10
option-parser10
readline10
raspberry-pi10
cpp10
subcommands9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
vietjtnguyen/simple-soundboard
May 2019 - Aug 2019
A simple HTML soundboard for effects/ambient/music
Contributions:28 commits, 1 PR, 11 pushes in 2 months
ambientmusic-compositionjavascripteagleaudio
vietjtnguyen/vietjtnguyen.github.io
Apr 2016 - Mar 2025
Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years
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