Jude Hoogterp

Jude Hoogterp is a motor engineer at Westmag, where he works on motors and actuators for robotics and other machines. He also founded QuickCut, a pricing-intelligence project for manufacturing, and Highland Hardware, which focused on additive manufacturing for consumer-electronics repair. He holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and Industrial Engineering from Michigan Technological University.

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Based in: San Francisco
Elsewhere

Westmag

May 2026 — Present

Motor Engineer

QuickCut

2025 — Present

Founder

Pricing intelligence for manufacturing.

Highland Hardware

2023 — 2025

Founder

Additive manufacturing for consumer electronics repair.

Michigan Technological University

B.S. in Computer Engineering and Industrial Engineering

Products & media

github.com

theta0: open-source robot actuator

CAD source and fabrication files for a quasi-direct-drive brushless motor actuator, modeled after Ben Katz’s 2018 thesis.

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Jude Hoogterp

Westmag

QuickCut

Highland Hardware

Michigan Technological University

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theta0: open-source robot actuator

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