Jesse Baird

Jesse Baird is a highly skilled staff engineer specializing in vehicle controls at Nikola Corporation since June 2020, where responsibilities include the development, implementation, optimization, and testing of electrical power train control algorithms. Prior experience includes working as a software/systems/controls engineer at CNH Industrial, focusing on systems documentation and software development for various machinery from June 2016 to June 2020. Jesse also served as an engineering intern at Blair Companies in early 2016 and held the position of certified computer technician at Staples from June 2013 to June 2016, where business and leadership skills were honed. Jesse holds a Bachelor's Degree in Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology from Penn State Altoona, completed in 2016, and graduated from Altoona Area High School with a focus on science and mathematics in 2012.