Summary
Gary Rouse is a versatile engineer blending hands-on quality assurance, frontend development, and operations leadership across aerospace, mobility, and startup environments. With 8 years of experience, he currently serves as a SpaceX Quality Inspector, guiding in-process inspections, defect resolution, and reliability improvements for electrical and mechanical assemblies. His background includes leading maintenance and firmware initiatives for a 2,000+ scooter fleet at Uber and building React/React Native interfaces for WeeBid, Nlite, and Lesley Hall Designs, underpinned by Agile practices and security-focused testing. He thrives under pressure, excels at cross-functional collaboration with reliability engineers, product, and QA, and brings a global perspective from Navy avionics, SpaceX, and multinational teams. A GitHub-present software engineer and musician, he leverages creative problem-solving and a broad tech toolkit to turn complex requirements into robust, user-centric solutions. Based in Los Angeles, Gary combines practical field experience with software craftsmanship to deliver reliable systems in fast-paced environments.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
San Francisco State University
English