Jake Webster

About

CS student at USC (May 2027), building across the stack — from LiDAR pipelines for GPS-denied autonomous drones to delivering full-stack hackathon apps in 24 hours.

At C4IS, I lead a software team processing 21,600 LiDAR measurements/second for onboard SLAM visualization on an NVIDIA Jetson. On the hackathon side, I've won at CUHackit 2025 and NASA Space Apps and competed at HackGT and Energy Hack @ Georgia Tech — building everything from transit policy simulators to medical intake automation.

Currently interning at Michelin's North American HQ in Greenville, SC. Seeking full-time SWE roles starting May 2027.

Experience

Software Engineering InternMay 2026 – Aug 2026

Michelin — Greenville, SC

Developed automated frontend tests using Playwright for Michelin's inventory management application, decreasing minor release testing time from 150 minutes to 3.5 minutes.
Optimized data pipelines by reducing steps to transmit parcel data by 75% using Kafka and Java microservices.

Jacob Webster with the Michelin intern cohort at Michelin's North American HQ

Software Engineering Lead, CaelusSep 2025 – Present

Center for Industry Solutions — Columbia, SC

Engineered a ROS2 3D perception pipeline for an autonomous drone, converting 21,600 LiDAR measurements/sec into a real-time 50,000-point 3D point cloud at 10cm resolution for autonomous navigation.
Led a 3-person software engineering team across perception, flight control, and comms. Established Git workflow, branch protection, and code review standards supporting reliable collaboration.

Rendered frame of the Caelus autonomous drone

Campus AmbassadorNov 2025 – Feb 2026

CUhackit — University of South Carolina

Drove a 2x increase in University of South Carolina registrations through targeted outreach campaigns, including in-class presentations, social media promotion, and campus poster distribution.
Coordinated logistics and provided on-site support during the hackathon to ensure smooth operations and participant experience.

CUhackit organizer team at the hackathon

Education

B.S. Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence ConcentrationExpected May 2027

University of South Carolina — Columbia, SC

GPA: 3.6
Courses: Java Programming, C++ Programming, Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Software Engineering, Digital Logic Design, Computer Architecture, UNIX/Linux
Honors: Dean's Scholars, Palmetto Fellows

Projects

AstroAegis near-Earth object trajectory visualization

01AstroAegis

NASA Space Apps · Most Inspirational Award · Oct 2025

Built a meteor/asteroid visualization tool with a team of 6 using the Godot engine for physics simulation.
Implemented gravity-based trajectory calculations and collision detection against NASA datasets to model realistic near-Earth object behavior.
Added internationalization (6 UN languages) and accessibility features like colorblind modes and high-contrast text.

GodotVue.jsTailwind

GitHub →Demo →

SMARTA transit fleet policy simulator map view

02SMARTA

Transit Fleet Policy Simulator · EnergyHack@GT · Jan 2026

Led a team of 4 to build a full-stack transit simulator modeling cost and emissions for MARTA's gas, hybrid, and electric bus fleets.
Processed 1.5M+ MARTA GPS records into real-time visualizations of fleet routes, operational costs, and CO₂ projections.
Built an interactive UI enabling users to adjust policy parameters and instantly see budget and sustainability impacts.

ReactNode.jsVercel

GitHub →Demo →

QuickCharts medical intake automation home page

03QuickCharts

Medical Intake Automation · HackGT12 · Sep 2025

Led a team of 4 to build a medical intake tool designed to save physicians 2–5 minutes per patient visit by pre-screening symptoms before appointments.
Integrated the GPT-4 API to generate contextual follow-up questions based on patient responses, creating dynamic conversation flows rather than static questionnaires.
Built a Spring Boot backend to manage user sessions and coordinate between the frontend, database, and GPT-4 API.

Vue.jsSpring BootGPT-4

GitHub →Demo →

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