John Leichty is currently an engineer in the Robotic Platforms group. He first came to JPL in 2007 as a summer student in the Robotic Hardware Systems group, and later joined the group as a full-time employee in 2010.

John has contributed to tasks at JPL in mechanical and electrical engineering. Presently, he works on the ATHLETE robotic vehicles and the Lunar Surface Operations Testbed.

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2009)
California Institute of Technology

2007: Summer student in the JPL Robotic Hardware Systems Group
2007-2009: Academic part-time employee in the JPL Robotic Hardware Systems Group
2008-2009: Consultant at POM Wonderful LLC
2010-: Robotics mechanical engineer in the JPL Robotic Platforms Group