Vaughn Kottler
Avionics Software Engineer II at SpaceX
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVaughn Kottler is an avionics software engineer with a decade of experience building and improving embedded systems for high-stakes aerospace and robotics applications. Currently at SpaceX, he architects sensor and device simulation for hardware-in-the-loop testing and supports flight software and launch operations for Falcon 9. He has a strong firmware background from Amazon Robotics, where he built safety-certifiable RTOS firmware and low-level drivers, and earlier work on U-Boot and DMA drivers shows deep systems-level expertise. Vaughn prioritizes leaving systems in better shape than he found them, whether through novel features, refactors, or tooling and infrastructure improvements. Comfortable across the stack, he blends hands-on C/C++/embedded development with Python-based automation and CI tooling. Outside the obvious aerospace focus, his career demonstrates a reliable pattern of improving maintainability and testability in complex, safety-critical systems.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering & Computer Science, Junior, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering & Computer Science, Junior at University of Wisconsin-MadisonHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Middleton High School
English
Stackoverflow
31reputation
1kreached
2answers
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Github Skills (127)
gdb9
visual-studio-code9
electron9
debugger-visualizer9
typescript9
websocket-client8
azerothcore8
editor8
async-await8
python8
frontend8
gnu8
gnu-toolchain8
setuptools8
microsoft8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
libre-embedded/python-package-template
Jul 2021 - Mar 2026
A template repository meant to be consumed by cookiecutter.
Contributions:31 PRs, 68 pushes, 34 branches in 4 years 9 months
cookiecutter
vkottler/GRU
Mar 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:210 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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