Mitchell Overdick

Mitchell Overdick is currently a Senior Flight Software Engineer at Planet since July 2025. Prior to this role, Overdick held various positions at Second Order Effects from April 2022 to July 2025, including Senior Embedded Engineer and Lead Firmware Engineer, where responsibilities encompassed embedded system architecture design and mentoring. Prior experience includes Project Manager and Electrical Engineer roles at Tosei Engineering Pvt Ltd, as well as an Electrical Engineer at Schmitt Industries, Inc. Additional roles include Systems and Applications Engineer at Tyfone, Inc., and Embedded Systems Validation Engineer at PACCAR. Overdick began a career in research at Western Washington University, contributing to published papers in software defined radios and aerospace engineering. Overdick holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Western Washington University, completed in 2017.