Jessica Uelmen

VP of Engineering, See & Spray @ Blue River Technology

About

I'm an engineering and product leader who thrives in uncertainty, building products that empower users in the robotics/autonomy space. Throughout my career this has included: enabling non-technical teachers to bring robotics into their classrooms, launching fitness trackers, and redesigning the vehicle experience for a self-driving future.

Country

United States

City

San Francisco

Industry

Oil & Energy

Skill

Product Development, Project Management, Programming, Electronics, Product Management, Technical Writing, Public Speaking, Manufacturing, Teaching, Software Development, Program Management, Engineering, Microcontrollers, Engineering Management, Embedded Systems, Leadership, Team Leadership, Social Media, C, Strategy

Experience

VP of Engineering, See & Spray

Blue River Technology

2024-3 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

Santa Clara, California, United States

Senior Director of Engineering, See & Spray

Blue River Technology

2023-4 - 2024-3 · 1 yr

Santa Clara, California, United States

Director of Software Engineering, See & Spray

Blue River Technology

2022-8 - 2023-4 · 9 mos

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Member

Chief

2024-8 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Senior Manager, Vehicle Product

Cruise

2021-6 - 2022-8 · 1 yr 3 mos

San Francisco, California, United States

Established, grew, and led a team of Product Managers developing vehicles and accessory hardware for ridehail and delivery.

Origin Product Lead / Staff Product Manager

Cruise

2018-7 - 2021-6 · 3 yrs

San Francisco, California, United States

Sole Product Manager for the Cruise Origin, the world’s first purpose-built, fully autonomous vehicle for mass production, developed in partnership with GM and Honda.

Product Manager, Connected Devices

Fitbit (now part of Google)

2017-1 - 2018-7 · 1 yr 7 mos

San Francisco, California, United States

Led out-of-box setup and onboarding experience for the Alta HR, Flyer, Ionic, Aria 2, and Versa. Specified a new wi-fi update experience and protocol, and shipped the ability to reply to messages from your device on Versa and Ionic.

Product & Program Manager, Mobile Content

Udacity

2014-6 - 2016-12 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Mountain View, California, United States

Launched the iOS Developer Nanodegree program, managing a team of engineers to develop content & curriculum. Also lead initiatives to develop a new classroom environment, reducing development & code maintenance time by half.

Director of Strategic Operations & Engineering Leadership

Parallax Inc.

2009-1 - 2014-5 · 5 yrs 5 mos

Rocklin, California, United States

Defined the company roadmap and managed a team of engineers and technicans to execute. Grew and established new business initiatives in multiple countries.