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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Hawthorne, California, Us

Hawthorne, California, Us

Redesigned the test software for the Falcon Flight Computer through a series of sprints executed by small development teams. The new system reduced functional testing time by 80%, overall acceptance testing time by 39 hours per unit, and eliminated test-caused issue tickets after two months in production.Established standards and automated tooling for Ethernet interface testing in avionics products. Presented on best practices to teams across multiple SpaceX departments to standardize Ethernet test approaches. Created Ethernet validation testbed for use in flight risk investigation to rapidly evaluate hardware before launch.Owned production test systems for numerous components including GPS receivers, flight computers, vehicle controllers, power regulators, and human-machine interfaces across both Falcon and Dragon vehicles. Drove software and hardware improvements to legacy systems to enable increasing production rate, drive down issue ticket counts, and improve overall yield.

Hawthorne, California, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Programmed PLCs for automation projects in numerous industries including automotive, pharmaceutical, chemical, and manufacturing. Interfaced PLCs with SQL databases for logging and batch reporting services, with human-machine interfaces to visualize automated processes, and with motors and drive systems for motion control applications.Developed web and desktop applications for fire test facilities and automated agriculture systems using React and C#. Implemented back end data management system to handle real time data streaming and visualization from sensor arrays. Designed front end interfaces to represent agricultural sensor information for mega-farms and make priority determinations for alarm severity. Drafted and submitted project proposals and cost estimates for potential and existing customers. Managed project teams and led regular client calls and onsite development efforts to ensure that projects were completed on schedule and met the proposed budgets. Participated in post-project review meetings to assess future areas for improvement and analyze accuracy of project financial estimates.

Boston, Ma, Us

Analyzed new inventions to draft patent applications in a wide variety of fields, such as power electronics, medical devices, consumer electronics, and sensor systems.Explained technical distinctions between inventions and prior art found by the Patent and Trademark Office to gain allowance for patent applications.

Designed a web crawler to fingerprint illegal online market places for Merck drugs though automated image and text analysis. Crawler currently being integrated by the security team to optimize monitoring efficiency by determining the content update rate on different sites. Crawler also being deployed throughout Merck’s Applied Technology group to analyze the efficacy of internal collaboration tools without tracking individual users. Developed a spectrogram based analysis tool for time series data, using image processing solutions for behavioral pattern finding. Frequency domain analysis allowed for linear-time comparisons and minimal storage space, enabling the project to scale up to big data processing. Targeting applications both internal and external to Merck, including marketing, manufacturing and real world healthcare event monitoring.

Corrected and provided feedback on student problem sets for Calculus II (Spring Semester) and Differential Equations (Fall Semester). Created biweekly reports to professor detailing student performance and highlighting areas for recommended in-class review.

Andover, Ma, Us

Designed and troubleshot the experimental setup and acquired and processed data for an optically-pumped microwave-excited argon laser for defense applications. Modifications of the microwave resonator subsystem also serve applications in environmental and life sciences, such as water purification and industrial decontamination. Wrote and tested multiple MATLAB modules to acquire and process experimental data in various forms, such as: Laser absorption versus diode laser power and Ar-He gas pressure. Image processing of the plasma array with and without the pump laser, to test laser alignment and plasma intensity. Additional experimental diagnostics, such as processing the spectrophotometry input data and comparing peak intensities against NIST databases of Ar-line spectra to detect impurities in gas flow.

Researched atmospheric-pressure resonator drive parameters to minimize operational costs of plasma etching for semiconductor applications. Work involved numerical simulation alongside fabrication and testing of resonators to generate microwave-frequency plasmas in a mixture of argon and helium gases.

Lexington, Ma, Us

Led tours in English and French through the historic Lexington Battle Green, recounting the Battle of Lexington and the town’s history. Informed history classes on specific events of the American Revolution, drafted tour scripts

Lexington, Massachusetts, Us

Developed HelpAroundTown advertising and placement strategy on Google and Facebook, based on targeting parameters including demographics, geographical reach, PPC pricing, search words and key terms. Developed spreadsheet for service expansion compiling key town data, including demographics, age pyramids, education levels, household income, population density & unemployment. Presented at Invitation-only TechCocktail start-up launch event at MS NERD Center in Cambridge. Promoted HelpAroundTown at 4 community events in Lexington and Belmont, MA.

Assisted in class discussions and debates for the Freshman Policy Debate class at LHS during the 2011-2012 school year. Lectured on Fridays, when the head coach was at tournaments, on a variety of topics such as space exploration, nuclear proliferation, military readiness, political events, and specific debate skills.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

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