John Merrill

John Merrill is a Senior Software Engineer at Boston Dynamics since March 2023, with a prior role as an Embedded Software Engineer at Amazon focused on platform security for the Dash Cart product line from April 2022 to March 2023. Before that, John served as a Senior Security Engineer at Citrix, where responsibilities included designing an automated snapshot fuzzing capability. At Draper, from May 2016 to October 2021, John held various positions, including Senior Member of Technical Staff and Member of Technical Staff, contributing to the VADER software framework and the DARPA SSITH program. John began a career in software development as an intern performing vulnerability assessments related to the Inherently Secure Processor. Educational achievements include a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Lowell (2014-2018) and a high school diploma from Masconomet Regional High School (2010-2014).