Software Engineer
Center For Microgravity Research
Orlando, Florida Area
Programmer for the Watchdog, Telemetry, and Control (WTC) system on SurfSat, a CubeSat launched September 2018 as part of ELaNa XVIII. Primarily responsible for implementing an SD card driver for data storage, as well as the overall software state machine. Assisted with defining and subsequently programming the communication layer between the WTC and the science module.Also, refined the SurfSat WTC system for Q-PACE, a CubeSat scheduled for launch later in 2019 as part of ELaNa XX. Tasked primarily with adapting the state machine to the different hardware on Q-PACE and rewriting the communications layer between the WTC and the science module. Also implemented GPS data parsing and handling.