# Jacob D.

> Founding Software Engineer at Heliux

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jacobd

Currently working on a platform to deliver operating performance to manufacturers. If this sounds fun to you too, we’re hiring brilliant engineers - hit me up!

## Work Experience
### Founding Software Engineer @ Heliux
Jan 2023 – Present
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### Software Engineer II @ Amazon Global Robotics
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Denver, Colorado, United States
Continuation of responsibilities from previous role, with increased complexity and independence for delivery of code. 

Key responsibilities:
- Solving ambiguous software problems by independently designing architectures, breaking down large problems into tasks for other engineers, and leading the development process to completion.
- More rigorous involvement in code review process to own the quality of code at the team level

### Software Engineer @ Amazon Global Robotics
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Developing scalable, serverless cloud applications for robotic system orchestration in Amazon Fulfillment Centers. 

Programming languages: Java. Experience with React, Typescript

Skills: 
- AWS: Lambda, Dynamo DB, API Gateway, SNS, SQS, Cloudwatch, and more.
- Software architecture design
- Code review process
- Integration and unit testing best practices

Please reach out for more info!

### Software Engineer @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Greater Boston

### Systems Engineer Intern @ Leuko
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater Boston Area
Identifying possible embedded computation systems for the productization of medical device that non-invasively detects patient white blood cell count using computer vision and deep learning techniques.

### Cyber Security Advisory Intern @ PwC
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Boston, Massachusetts

### Digital Hardware Engineering Intern @ MicroVision Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Redmond, WA
RTL design in SystemVerilog for the Time-Of-Flight (TOF) subsystem of next generation digital ASIC: 
Developed clock domain crossing for an Advanced Peripheral Bus interface to prevent metastability in TOF subsystem register operations. Implemented a pipelined, fixed-point polynomial calculator for use in a shaping polynomial feature of IR laser pulsing in TOF subsystem.
RTL Verification effort:
Utilized Python and an open source Python plugin for simulation called cocotb to perform signal injection and analysis. Gained experience with ModelSim and Xilinx Vivado ChipScope debugging on FPGA.

### Firmware Engineering Intern @ MicroVision Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Redmond, WA
Utilized various features of OpenCV in Python to measure the error in the pixel placement capabilities of MicroVision’s patented PicoP® laser scanning projector technology. Developed Python scripts to streamline hardware engineering design and development flow by automating parts database updates. Gained experience with SVN and Mercurial revision control systems.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Engineering
Boston University College of Engineering
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020

### Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Universidad Pontificia Comillas
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018

### Redmond High School
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jacob-davis68

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Last updated: 2026-03-20