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South San Francisco, California, Us

San Diego, Ca, Us

-Designed and implemented a layered software architecture for a solar panel charge controller.-Led integration and initial testing of solar charging within an Aptera vehicle.-Developed custom multi-system Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) testing framework for Aptera made software.-Inserted Hardware Abstraction Layers into existing Aptera embedded codebases, and re-implemented them for Linux-Developed simulation for CAN and LIN bus communication between systems in SIL.-Designed Python interface for engineers to write tests using the SIL framework-Established an Aptera continuous integration server using Jenkins and AWS to automatically run builds and tests on each software change made

-Learned Altium CAD software to design a custom embedded system using AVR microcontroller for displaying information to the race car driver-Designed and wrote modular C drivers and application modules for dashboard display-Developed CAN interface for receiving data from other ECUs and displaying it on the dashboard-Tested dashboard off-vehicle using custom Arduino Hardware-in-Loop testing interface-Greatly improved visibility and robustness of dashboard display over previous iterations-Assisted in programming sensors over CAN bus using Vector CANalyzer

-Led firmware development and testing for our electric race car's battery pack monitoring system -Practiced modular, real-time firmware design using C and FreeRTOS for an stm32 microcontroller-Developed custom Software-in-the-Loop framework capable of simulating firmware in docker container using FreeRTOS linux port-Defined a CAN bus description using a DBC file for auto-generation of CAN related source code-Utilized SCons for intuitive, low maintenance building and testing of firmware and dependencies-Set up AWS server running Jenkins for automatic continuous integration testing-Utilized Docker for repeatable build environments on developer machines and build server-Wrote unit tests for firmware modules using CMock and Unity-Developed simulation framework I/O using google protobuf encoding over TCP sockets-Integrated simulation framework with pytest for readable, imperative integration testingSee https://github.com/RITRacingSoftware/f29bms

Austin, Texas, Us

-Designed and implemented Rust/Python based tool for detecting invalid vehicle behavior in simulation-Created opportunity to reduce risk of missing unexpected vehicle behavior in hundreds of automated tests

Austin, Texas, Us

-Learned SCons and Docker to improve error checking of firmware build system-Assisted in debugging firmware simulation framework using Vector CAN software-Increased simulation flexibility through modification of source code and build scripts

Austin, Texas, Us

-Designed and Executed a comprehensive test plan to assess if wall charger firmware met engineering requirements-Developed Hardware-In-Loop, and System Level tests between Tesla vehicles and wall chargers-Debugged firmware changes at a vehicle level using real-time and historical CAN data and Vector CAN tools-Investigated and wrote fixes for wall charger firmware in C

Fairport, Ny, Us

-Utilized software design patterns and principles to write a maintainable, versatile, and robust algorithm for detecting train car types using axle sensor readings-Assisted in this algorithm’s integration, replacing an existing codebase for deployment in rail yards

East Syracuse, New York, Us

-Implemented an embedded C application for a soft microprocessor for calibrating and monitoring an aircraft interrogation system-Improved BASH build scripts-Modified FPGA logic written in VHDL for optimized firmware access of hardware