About Myself

I'm working for the driverless team at Jaguar Land Rover in Portland, OR, developing the next generation of ADAS features while targeting L4 autonomy in the next five years.

I am also currently serving as the automotive representative for the Oregon DOT Task Force on Autonomous Vehicles. Our 2018 report to the state legislature in Salem is available for review.

Prior to that, I was at PolySync, a Portland-based startup seeking to be the "Operating System" for Autonomous Cars. You can see more by visiting their website or clicking the Autonomous Cars tab above.

Before that, I earned a M.S. degree under Dr. Geoffrey Hollinger at the Robotic Decision Making Laboratory. See the Marine Robotics tab above for more information.

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Python 85%

C++ 80%

ROS/Apollo 75%

Qt 70%

OpenCV 75%

Bash/Linux 85%

DevOps 60%

Keras (Convolutional NN) 75%

Agile Team Management 85%

Team Culture 90%

  • Jan 2018 to present

    Jaguar Land Rover

    Senior Software Engineer
    ODOT Task Force Member
    Portland, Oregon

  • Jun 2016 to Nov 2017

    PolySync

    Robotics Engineer
    Portland, Oregon

  • Dec 2015 to Jun 2016

    Lockheed Martin

    Software Engineer (contract)
    Santa Barbara, California

  • Dec 2014 to Sep 2015

    OSU RDML

    Research Assistant
    Assitant Glider Tech
    Corvallis, Oregon

  • Aug 2012 to Mar 2014

    Jun 2010 to May 2012

    Lockheed Martin

    Mechanical Engineer
    Santa Barbara, California

    Manufacturing Engineer
    Troy, Alabama

  • Aug 2018 to Feb 2019

    Udacity

    Self-Driving Cars Engineering Nanodegree
    Portland, Oregon

  • Sep 2013 to Sep 2015

    Oregon State University

    M.S. Robotics
    Corvallis, Oregon

  • Aug 2005 to May 2010

    University of Florida

    B.S. Mechanical Engineering
    Gainesville, Florida

Recommendations

For additional references, please see Curriculum Vitae section titled "References".

Daniel was an excellent graduate research assistant in my lab at Oregon State University. He has exceptional ability to work independently and has very strong programming, writing, and communication skills. I would highly recommend him.

Geoffrey Hollinger

Graduate Advisor, Oregon State Robotics

Daniel's work on OSCC to integrate control algorithms and create the baseline for autonomy was excellent and groundbreaking.

Daniel's experience with Avionics has guided his work in Automotive through fundamental understanding of safety standards and quality processes. All of those have served to guide his growth as a systems engineer as well as a software engineer. He has demonstrated cross-functional learning from Requirements, Architecture and Design and Implementation, to Testing and Quality Processes.

I heartily recommend Daniel; he would be an asset to any organization.

Peter Brink

Director of Engineering, PolySync

Daniel is a competent ADAS/Automated Driving Software Engineer and has worked at Jaguar Land Rover for several years.

With Daniel's experience and skills he would be a strong asset to any company which is developing software solutions in the ADAS, Automated Driving and general automotive area. I have no hesitation in recommending Daniel who is also a great team player and has strong communication skills.

Carl Pickering

Sr. ADAS Engineering Manager, JLRNA

Daniel worked for me off and on for three years. His work ethic, attention to detail, and willingness to take on any challenge was why I always asked for him to work on my program! He works well with others to ensure successful execution of his projects. He was my go-to-guy to get the job done.

Karen Achey

Program Manager, Lockheed Martin MFC

The development engineering work you contributed played a vital role in the successful automation efforts that were implemented at our site. Your detail orientation and can-do attitude made you very versatile and achieved great results.

Steven van Dyk

Semiconductor Enginering Manager, Lockheed Martin MFC