Nick Godshall

I’m an AI engineer at Divergent, where we build software-defined factories for aerospace, defense, and automotive. I connect manufacturing devices and the systems around them to help build the factory of the future.

Before that, I worked on the Mars Sample Receiving Project, built trade-study and systems-engineering tools, and worked on trajectory analysis for Artemis mission planning. I also spent time at JPL preparing Jupiter observations for the Planetary Data System.

I studied mechanical engineering at UCLA, where I built tools for researching the thermal properties of high-temperature materials.

Outside work, I build things: a baseball analytics engine, open-source cybersecurity projects like the USB Nugget, and a Wi-Fi-triggered fireworks system that actually worked.