Summary
Will Thompson is an embedded software engineer with 14 years of experience specializing in flight and simulation software for space systems. A Texas A&M computer science graduate who also studied computational linguistics, he has contributed to NASA Lunar Gateway flight software at CACI and now develops embedded systems at Blue Origin. His background spans hands-on hardware work, automated measurement tools, and color-correction algorithms from internships, reflecting a blend of low-level systems expertise and practical instrumentation skills. Will has taught university labs, built a virtual learning platform, and shipped production tools using languages from C# to embedded C, showing both mentorship and full-stack problem-solving. Based in Bellevue, WA, he brings an engineer’s attention to detail and a passion for flight software that aims for real-world missions beyond Earth.
14 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Texas A&M University
GED, GED at Cedar Park High School
English, Korean