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Kirkland, Washington, United States

Support Echodyne’s efforts to deliver advanced radar solutions that increase safety and save lives in Critical Infrastructure Protection, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), Autonomous Vehicle, and Government and Defense markets by leveraging a combination of patented metamaterials electronically scanned array (MESA®) technology with powerful software to outperform every comparable radar on the market in precision, size, weight, power, and cost.Responsibilites:- Maintain ownership of several internal and customer-facing software products. Contribute to many more software and firmware projects.- Improve software build and test infrastructure.- Write internal and customer-facing documentation.- Regularly assist others in the software team and beyond.Notable Contributions:- Local Python, Sphinx, LaTeX, and Jinja expert.- Spearheaded a Python project infrastructure update for all Python-based software projects.- Successfully designed and implemented a software interface from the ground up in less than a month, in support of a demo event.

Kirkland, Washington, United States

Kirkland, Washington, United States

Kirkland, Wa

Responsibilities:- Regression testing of firmware builds as they were released.- Investigated bugs found in builds while testing.- Assisted in radar field tests.- Implemented feature additions and bug fixes in radar firmware.- Implemented automated testing scripts.- Overhauled a customer-facing software tool that performs radar firmware updates.

Redmond, Wa

Assisted in a research project involving development of a measurement device targeting electric fields in fair weather environments. This device was flown several times on a weather balloon over the Pacific Ocean for roughly three days at a time.Responsibilities:- Central processing component PCB design and population.- Firmware design and implementation.- Running system field tests.Notable Contributions:- Designed data packet structure.- Optimized packet transmission logic via RockBLOCK over the Iridium network to minimize loss of data in areas with poor satellite coverage.- Minimized system up-time to reduce power consumption by a factor of 10 without sacrificing performance.- Designed and implemented a command set allowing for remote triggering of ballast drops and cutdown sequence.- Coauthor of American Geophysical Union Fall 2019 Presentation.AGU Presentation Abstract:https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/547164

Redmond, Wa

Computer Environment (CS100)Motion Dynamics Lab (PHY200L)Assemble hardware used in class and assist students with lab assignments.

Redmond, Wa

Computer Engineering Pre-college Program:Develop course curriculum aimed at leading high school students through the process of an embedded systems project from start to finish. Teach high school students basic embedded system and Arduino C programming concepts, and mentor them in individually chosen projects.Junior Electronics, Junior Mechatronics:Lead hands-on electronics lessons with 10-13 year old students involving Arduinos and many hardware peripherals.