# Patrick O'Grady

> Principal Software Engineer, Clara Holoscan (Medical Imaging) at NVIDIA

Location: Alameda, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/patrickogrady

Specialties: Design Patterns, Safety critical real time software, Hazard analysis and mitigation, Debugging
C, C++, Python
Motion Control, Medical, and Aerospace applications
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## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer, Clara Holoscan MGX @ NVIDIA
Jan 2022 – Present | Santa Clara, California, United States

### SUP Instructor @ Mike's Paddle
Jan 2014 – Jan 2023 | Alameda, California, United States
ACA Certified SUP-1 instructor; I teach classes usually twice a month.

### Principal Software Engineer @ Astra
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Alameda, California, United States

### Principal Software Engineer @ Intuitive Surgical
Jan 2009 – Jan 2021

### Contract Software Engineer @ Baymotion, Inc.
Jan 2001 – Jan 2009
Providing hourly software development services for real time and embedded systems, primarily oriented toward motion control.

### Contract Programmer @ Asyst Techonogies Inc.
Jan 2007 – Jan 2009

### Contract Programmer @ Asyst Technologies
Jan 2006 – Jan 2009

### Contract Programmer @ Adept Technologies
Jan 2006 – Jan 2007

### Contract Programmer @ Brooks Automation
Jan 2002 – Jan 2005
Designed and implemented a 1394-based network for real time motion control in semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

### Contract Software Engineer @ eScore.com
Jan 2001 – Jan 2002
Implemented Java backends for educational web applications.

### Sr. Programmer @ Motion Engineering, Inc.
Jan 1991 – Jan 1999
Designed board-level motion control products for use in ISA- and PCI-bus based PCs; wrote extensive C code library which served as the primary interface to those boards.

### IT @ Black Diamond Equipment
Jan 1988 – Jan 1990


## Education
### Computer Engineering
UC Santa Barbara


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/patrick-o-grady-a9390711

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Last updated: 2026-04-12