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
Stealth Startup
- Designed the ROS 2 middleware architecture connecting perception, localization, planning, and vehicle-control nodes across a multi-vehicle autonomous fleet. Standardized topics, services, actions, TF2 frames, namespaces, and launch configurations to provide consistent interfaces across vehicle platforms.
- Tuned DDS QoS policies for high-rate LiDAR/camera streams and latency-sensitive localization/control topics, balancing reliability, queue depth, and bandwidth; reduced observed message drops by 31% under peak sensor load through QoS and executor configuration changes.
- Built fleet-level diagnostics monitoring topic frequency, end-to-end latency, queue depth, node liveness, and TF2 availability, and implemented ROS 2 lifecycle-based startup/recovery for distributed autonomy nodes, reducing integration failure diagnosis time by 40% during vehicle testing.
- 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.