Dereck Wonnacott
Embedded Software Engineering Manager at Latitude AI
Detroit Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDereck Wonnacott is an Embedded Software Engineering Manager with 13 years of experience leading development for L3/L4 autonomous driving systems and vehicle-level software. He blends hands-on expertise in localization, mapping, and SLAM with program-level focus on ASPICE, functional safety toolchains, Classical AUTOSAR, and fault management. Currently at Latitude AI after senior engineering work at Argo AI, he has a track record of shipping embedded and robotic systems across automotive and industrial domains. He contributes practical open-source tooling, including a ROS interface for VectorNav IMU/GPS that improved data handling and message compatibility. Holding an M.S. in Computer Engineering from Michigan Tech, he pairs systems-level rigor with a background running a turn-key robotics integration business, giving him both technical depth and operational perspective.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Engineering at Michigan Technological UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering at Lake Superior State University
English, Japanese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (11)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
ros10
gps9
imu9
embedded8
sys8
gitlab6
cmake6
point-cloud-library6
quota6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
dawonn/vectornav
Sep 2013 - Feb 2021
ROS Interface for the VectorNav IMU/GPS
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 42 commits, 64 PRs in 7 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Dereck primarily worked on developing a ROS interface for a VectorNav IMU/GPS device. Their contributions involved modifying the code to use an asynchronous connection for data retrieval, and subsequently, reverting to a polling method to access all data types. They refactored the code to publish raw sensor data and fixed orientation conversion issues. The user also attempted to make the interface match existing ROS devices and published ROS-standard messages.
gpsimurosvectornav
MichiganTechRoboticsLab/SLAM-Scan-Matching
Feb 2015 - Aug 2020
Contributions:63 commits, 44 pushes, 1 comment in 5 years 7 months
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