Harel Dor is a Robotics Systems Engineer for the Robot Operations Group (347K). They have worked on various simulation, modelling, and operations tools for MSL, M2020, and Mars Helicopter, and they are currently a Rover Planner and Arm Technical Lead for MSL and the Operations Lead for Mars Helicopter.
B.S. in Applied Physics and Computer Science (2020) from Caltech
Robotics Systems Engineer - JPL Robot Operations Group (2020 - Present)
Software Engineering Intern - JPL Aerial Robotic Mobility Group (2019)
Software Engineering Intern - Edisun (now Heliogen) (2018)
Operations, Computer Vision, State Estimation
2024 Team Award for exceptional implementation of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter campaign, commanding 72 flights through the skies of Mars
2023 Team Award for the innovative design and implementation of the TargetWizard capability.
2023 Team Award for the teams aggressive 6-month schedule and multiple hardware and environmental challenges nevertheless resulted in a rigorous test campaign and comprehensive set of engineering documentation which will be used by the mission for many years.
2022 Voyager Award for outstanding Mars 2020 dedication and accomplishment including developing Proximiter and Periscope and Ingenuity's winter anomaly investigation/rec
2022 Individual Award for design and implementation of tools for target refinement and arm placement of the M2020 sample requisition and proximity sciences.
2021 Team Award for development and delivery of the M2020 RSVP and SSim for surface robotic ops with the-state-of-the-art sequencing and simulation capabilities
