Jacob Willis

GNC Engineer at Albedo

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

About

Experience

  • Albedo (3 yrs 2 mos)
    • GNC Engineer
      Aug 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

    • GNC Intern - Magnetics and Momentum Control
      May 2023 - Aug 2023 · 4 mos

  • Robotics Graduate Student at Carnegie Mellon University
    Aug 2021 - Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Started as a PhD student, left with a masters in robotics having published three papers on using ideas from numerical optimal control for spacecraft control problems.

  • Brigham Young University (2 yrs 7 mos)
    • Graduate Research Assistant
      May 2019 - Apr 2021 · 2 yrs

      Developed State-Dependent LQR controller for a tilt-rotor UAV. Developing trajectory planning model for hybrid UAVs. Developing real-time, optimal trajectory planner for landing hybrid UAVs.

    • Undergraduate Research Assistant
      Oct 2018 - Apr 2019 · 7 mos

      Developed market-based distributed task allocation algorithm for disaster reconnaissance UAVs.

  • Intern at Space Dynamics Laboratory
    May 2018 - Aug 2018 · 4 mos

    - EDU and Flight avionics design and documentation - EDU and Flight electrical harness diagramming - FPGA design

  • Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah, United States)
    • Spacecraft Electrical and Software Subsystems Research Assistant
      May 2016 - May 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      FPGA hardware for Passive Inspection Cube Satellite. Interface for 6 camera payload. Flight software team lead for Passive Inspection Cube Satellite. Multi-Agent Task Allocation for Disaster Reconnaissance

    • Electronic Technician
      Nov 2015 - May 2016 · 7 mos

      Troubleshooting, calibration and repair of electronic test equipment using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, multimeters and other test equipment.