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San Diego, California, United States

• Integrating silicon validation software test binaries with a system level test sequencer using bash scripting as a temp contractor for Google. • Working extensively with Google’s tools including Piper, Cider V, Critique, Buganizer, DeviceCloud. Maximizing script reusability and robustness between multiple Android and Linux versions targeting multiple silicon device test/validation platforms on local and cloud-based benches.• Coordinating several teams to debug issues with silicon validation toolchain: Android/Linux builds, software binaries, and our bash scripts. • Working in the Linux terminal using tmux/vim and automating parts of development workflow by creating scripts and custom commands.• Migrated team’s documentation from google docs to markdown/g3doc. Creating documentation inside Google’s documentation standards.

San Diego, California, United States

• Created tests for hardware devices in C# that interface with Qualcomm’s test management software. Functionality included verifying the format of device IDs, managing COM port connections on a remote PC, and simulating network traffic for new tester development.• Developed python scripts to set up servers for test benches, including flashing the kernel/installing required software etc. Created an extensive document detailing test bench setup to coordinate overseas team who had English as a second language.• Worked on testing three hardware projects including a server-based AI accelerator and a Snapdragon laptop processor. Developed, packaged, and released test programs, monitoring their performance at the satellite testing facilities and modifying them as needed. Extensively debugged faulty test hardware, software, and devices to determine root causes of failures.• Used Python and Excel to perform data analysis and create visualizations/presentations for a variety of teams. Examples include a test time reduction study to characterize inefficiencies in Qualcomm’s test management software, searching test data to find files that had gone missing due to bugs in a vendor’s software, and analyzing device performance data to determine a new performance cutoff for an AI accelerator.

● Voted into the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society for distinguished scholarship and exemplary character● Elected by member body as president after serving as general officer for one semester. Leading executive committee of six people, and organization of 200 members. Coordinating candidacy process, events. Worked with numerous faculty, advisors, and other school organizations.

Greater San Diego Area

● Leading the team that designs and builds data acquisition systems for SDSU’s Baja SAE team, which designs, creates, and races off-road cars at the Society of Automotive Engineer’s national collegiate competitions.● Mentored other students on the team in Python, Arduino, and circuit prototyping.● Designed, implemented, and verified real-time suspension sensing and visual driver feedback system using Raspberry Pi, ESP32, strain gauges, and hall effect sensors● Collected sensor data to validate car designs made by mechanical engineers and other engineering majors.

● Developed neural network and decision tree based machine learning models in python to predict radiation belt data from the NOAA POES/METOP satellite constellation from ground based geomagnetic indices.● Predicted 60% of radiation storms hazardous to satellites and space crews 1-2 days in advance with only ground based measurements.● Learned to apply data preprocessing methods and analysis to improve models and give physical explanation for why the model works. Compared my data driven analysis with physics model based analysis by NASA scientists in my lab group.● Presented research in poster at the American Geophysical Union.

Greater San Diego Area

● Researched FogLAMP (an Industrial Internet of Things open source project) deployment to industrial environments using a Raspberry PI to collect and forward sensor data to cloud-based historians like OSIsoft PI and Azure Time Series Insights.● Developed Azure Sphere security keypad system in C to explore the board’s peripherals● Worked with the Linux command line and programming in C and Python.● Also worked as an intern from May 2019 through August 2019