David Merz
Research Engineer at Southwest Research Institute
Rio Medina, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Merz is a Research Engineer with eight years of experience applying mechanical design, robotics, and software to solve real-world testing and manufacturing problems. Based at Southwest Research Institute after a hands-on mechanical engineering education at UT Dallas, he has delivered mechatronic testbenches, compact transmissions, and actuator hardware for prosthetics while also modernizing ISO 12311 lens testing through a camera-and-software solution. Comfortable bridging hardware and code, he combines rigorous part selection and dynamic-load analysis with experimental procedure development and client-facing technical communication. A former competitive arena robotics builder and NCAA teammate, he brings practical creativity and team leadership to multidisciplinary engineering challenges.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering at University of Texas at Dallas
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Github Skills (29)
robotics10
catkin10
plugin10
calibration10
surface10
cpp10
motion-planning10
ros10
paths9
algorithms9
tesseract9
truncated9
qtcreator9
industrial8
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
DavidMerzJr/noether
Feb 2019 - Nov 2025
Contributions:15 reviews, 12 PRs, 63 pushes in 6 years 10 months
DavidMerzJr/yak_ros
Aug 2019 - Nov 2021
Contributions:1 PR, 8 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 3 months
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