About

About

Hola, I’m Esteban Duran 👋

I am a software engineer based in Austin, Texas currently working on spacecraft autonomy 🛰️ at York Space Systems. I am passionate about making our robot space explorers smarter. My dream is to one day see smart AI-powered spacecraft exploring our cosmos, sending back amazing data, and expanding our knowledge of the universe.

This blog is intended to be a collection of posts on anything from spacecraft autonomy, artificial intelligence, flight software, programming languages, and space in general.

Feel free to reach out to me via email 📧 or social media. Tambien hablo español!

🧑‍💻 Experience

  • Senior Spacecraft Software Engineer, York Space Systems, 2023-Present
  • Senior Flight Software Engineer, Emergent Space Technologies, 2020-2023
  • Flight Software Engineer, Firefly Aerospace, 2018-2020
  • Machine Learning Engineer Intern, NASA’s Johnson Space Center, 2018
  • Autonomous Systems Engineer Intern, NASA’s Stennis Space Center, 2016

🤓 Education

  • BSc in Computer Science, University of Houston-Downtown, 2017

🧑‍🚀 Professional Development