Taylor Jl Whitaker

Taylor JL Whitaker is a highly experienced embedded software engineer currently serving as a Senior Staff Embedded Software Linux Engineer at Boston Dynamics since September 2024. Prior to this role, Taylor held various engineering positions at Astrobotic from July 2020 to September 2024, including Lead Embedded Software Engineer for Robotics and Surface Systems and Senior Software Engineer for Planetary Mobility. Academic contributions include work as a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Florida and University of Arkansas, alongside teaching assistant responsibilities in computer science courses. Taylor's earlier experience includes serving as an Information Technology Administrator at Sustainable Urban Mobility and a Software Developer Co-op at L3 Communications. Educational qualifications include a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Arkansas and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, also from the University of Arkansas, with studies towards a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering at the University of Florida.