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Cole Carlson

I'm a software engineer in Minnesota who builds distributed systems. I started at Collins Aerospace, building the software that ran a $1M-per-day manufacturing plant. Now at Medtronic, I work on the systems that deliver firmware to medical devices and collect their logs at scale.

Outside of work I'm usually at the gym, watching the timberwolves or working on home improvement projects.

Experience & education

Medtronic

Mounds View, MN

Software Engineer II

Nov 2025 – Present

Building secure, scalable systems for firmware distribution, device log collection, and identity management.

Collins Aerospace

Burnsville, MN

Software Engineer I

May 2023 – Oct 2025

Software Engineer Co-op

Jan 2022 – May 2023

Built the custom MES and quality software running a $1M-per-day manufacturing plant.

Georgia Institute of Technology

Online

M.S. Computer Science, Computing Systems

Present

University of St. Thomas

St. Paul, MN

B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Electrical Engineering

Sep 2019 – May 2023

Projects

Most of what I build lives on GitHub. View my projects on GitHub →