welcome
JasonSacerio
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Hello, I am a third year at UCF CECS studying computer science and math. My passion is around building and turning silly ideas we make on the spot into cool products.
Most of my work revolves around autonomous robotics, systems programming. I have had three internships and am the current Treasurer of Knight Hacks.
For fun i like fishing, factory sims, and whatever random adventure i pick up next ;)
- school
- cs + math @ UCF
- focus
- systems programming, robotics
- current
- treasurer @ Knight Hacks
experience
- 01may 2026 — august 2026
software engineer intern
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- Reduced machine-control fault recovery time by 38% by building and integrating a real-time health monitoring and watchdog system for embedded safety controllers across multiple heavy-equipment platforms.
- Improved cross-platform deployment reliability to 99.7% over 500+ field hours by developing C++/Rust hardware abstraction layers and CAN/J1939 interfaces that standardized communication across different machine manufacturers.
- Cut embedded integration and debugging time by 45% by creating Python-based hardware-in-the-loop test automation covering drivers, RTOS tasks, communication faults, and degraded-connectivity scenarios before field deployment.
- 02sept 2025 — present
researcher
UCF
- Conducted research on security and fault tolerance of LLMs for embedded systems, evaluating 15+ attack scenarios across 6 hardware platforms using real hardware and Gem5 simulation.
- Analyzed 10+ mitigation strategies for LLM vulnerabilities, including memory bit-flip attacks and 8 novel embedded-specific attack vectors, across 6 embedded boards and mobile devices.
- 03apr 2024 — sept 2024
software engineer intern
Blackstone
- Re-architected financial data processing pipelines using Pandas and NumPy vectorization, eliminating nested loops and reducing compute time by 40% on 10M+ row datasets.
- Optimized SQL queries, indexing strategies, and backend ETL workflows in Python, reducing end-of-day reporting latency by 30% and improving throughput, maintainability, and reliability across financial ingestion pipelines.
- 04jan 2023 — aug 2023
software engineer intern
Capitol Steel Structures
- Solely designed a comprehensive customer database using MongoDB and Django, supporting 1,200+ client records and streamlining efficiency.
- Built the company’s first e-commerce website using Python, HTML/CSS, and Stripe for payment processing, enabling online sales of steel products and generating $273,000 in revenue in the first year.
projects
2026
01 / 05
Image 1 of 5: Four-wheeled Guido hardware prototype with a Jetson board, LiDAR sensor, cooling fan, and exposed wiring on a workbench.
Guido
How I connected the sensors, motors, and ROS 2 stack behind Guido, with a closer look at getting SLAM to make sense of a moving robot.
stack: ROS2, Python, C++, SLAM Toolbox, Nav2, Jetson Orin Nano, Arduino
award: Most Innovative Hack @ HackUSF 2026
- Built the ROS-to-Arduino motor bridge and initial firmware, then integrated LiDAR, transforms, and odometry into the physical robot.
- Iterated on SLAM processing, Nav2 footprint and costmaps, velocity routing, and EKF transform ownership.
- Our team demonstrated LiDAR mapping, waypoint navigation, obstacle avoidance, and voice-driven movement at HackUSF 2026.
