Natalie Rakoski

Natalie Rakoski has worked for a variety of companies since 2013. Natalie began their career as an Electrical Systems Laboratory Student Research Assistant at Georgia Tech Research Institute in 2013. In 2014, they became the Controls Team Leader for EcoCAR 3, an unpaid leadership position. In the same year, they also worked as a Calibration Specialist Intern at General Motors. In 2015, they worked as a Micro-controller Applications Intern at NXP acquired Freescale Semiconductor and as an Engine Validation & RLM Engineering Intern at General Motors. In 2016, they worked as an Intern, Human Interface Devices (HID) at Apple and a Research Assistant at Georgia Tech Research Institute. Currently, they are employed as a Site Reliability Engineer, Avionics and Flight Software Engineer, and Avionics and Flight Software Engineering Intern at Hermeus.

Natalie Rakoski obtained their High School Diploma from Villa Rica High School between 2009 and 2013. During their senior year, they were enrolled in a Dual Enrollment program at the University of West Georgia. Natalie then went on to obtain a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology between 2013 and 2019. Natalie is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science - Perception and Robotics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, which they began in 2020 and is expected to complete in 2022. Additionally, in December 2015, Natalie obtained a Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Green Belt certification from General Motors.