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Current engineering system, public NASA software, and resume.
At a glance
Staff Aerospace Software Engineer at Jacobs. Python mission software, shared interfaces, messaging, and CI/CD across about 20 repositories. Technical delivery and mentoring for a team of about 10. Lead Software Engineer at SSAI supporting NASA Goddard Earth science platforms, 2017–2025, including flood mapping, LAADS DAAC, and Earth Observatory.
- Name
- Karl Hill
- Title
- Staff Aerospace Software Engineer · Jacobs National Security
- Location
- Washington, DC
- Open to
- Engineering Manager roles that keep software engineering, delivery, and coaching in the same job.
Current scope
- Owns
- Python services, shared interfaces, tests, CI, sequencing, and coaching through reviews.
- Influences
- Program priorities, partner-team dependencies, and integration across repositories.
- Reserved
- Staff individual-contributor role; formal personnel decisions remain with management.
- Flood maps, LAADS Find Data, Earth Observatory, and the GeoHorizons paper are public.
- At Jacobs the work spans about 20 repositories: interfaces, tests, CI, and release. About six engineers have been onboarded and coached.
- Engineering Manager is the next container for this scope. Principal-level technical work remains a parallel path.