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Karl Hill

Staff Aerospace Software Engineer Jacobs National Security Washington, DC

Karl Hill

Mission software. Engineering systems. Technical leadership.

Engineering and delivering aerospace and national security software while raising technical standards and driving execution across teams.

  • ~20 repositories
  • ~10-engineer team
  • NASA Goddard 2017–2025

01 — Selected Work

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Jacobs is current. NASA Earth science systems from Goddard are still public.

Read case study: Flood Mapping System Screenshot of Flood Mapping System

NASA · 2017–2025

Flood Mapping System

Python and Docker software for processing and distributing satellite-derived flood maps on AWS. Built to support near-real-time Earth observation products and public access to operational flood data.

Read case study: LAADS DAAC NASA LAADS Find Data — product, time, location, files, and review-and-order wizard for MODIS and VIIRS granules.

NASA · 2017–2025

LAADS DAAC

Software supporting search, ordering, processing, and near-real-time access to NASA MODIS and VIIRS satellite data. Work spanned Perl services, Kubernetes deployments, data workflows, and production systems used by the Earth science community.

02 — How software gets delivered

Software other people depend on, then the checks, integration, and release around it. Select a stage.

A delivery diagram of current practice. Not a program architecture. Written bar for reviews →

03 — Next step

The kit, the work, or a conversation.

  1. 01

    Recruiter kit

    A concise view of current scope, selected work, and career direction.

  2. 02

    Selected work

    Mission software, Earth science systems, and engineering infrastructure.

  3. 03

    Book a conversation

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