William Wakefield
Real Time Embedded Software Engineer at RTX
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Wakefield is a U.S. government–cleared real-time embedded software engineer with nine years of hands-on experience building mission-critical systems for space and autonomous vehicles. He has applied full-lifecycle safety and fault-tolerant software practices at Draper and now sharpens real-time embedded expertise at RTX while also leading AI/AR product work as CTO of a stealth startup. His background spans embedded C drivers, CAN/ECU integration, ETL and ML pipelines, and tinyML research for autonomous systems, complemented by formal studies at MIT and Kettering. Outside engineering he blends technical curiosity with community-focused work: an MIT Advanced Studies fellow, community researcher for Mayan languages using NLP, and longtime radio host/DJ, which informs his interdisciplinary approach to human-centered systems.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Mathematics and Computer Science, Mathematics and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInternational Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate at Paxon School/Advanced StudiesBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Kettering University
Spanish, mayan languages, LatinProgramming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Chok-Ketzamtzib/18337-project-kaqchikel-NLP
Mar 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:21 pushes in 2 years
Chok-Ketzamtzib/Portfolio
Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:19 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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