Daniel Vail Email & Phone Number

Renton, WA, US

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Worked on the avionics team for the VISORS 6U CubeSat – position includes supporting assembly, testing, and verification of engineering unit payload avionics interface board as well as design, testing, and integration.
• The project consists of two satellites in formation to act as a telescope – plan supported integration of first satellite in late 2023 and second satellite in Spring 2024, both on the avionics team and the integration.
• Previously was a part of the GT-2 satellite team, which involved test procedure writing, board debugging, PCB design and revision, wiring harness design, and test code creation.

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Working on the Safety & Compliance team under Amazon's Mechatronics and Sustainable Packaging division

Everett, Washington, United States

• Worked on the product development team to develop novel sensor systems for use on a flight demonstrator aircraft.
• Modified communications schema for addition of new sensors, routing of data from sensors to flight computer.
• Wrote C++ code for data concentrators to handle the relabeling, combination, and transmission of ARINC 429 messages.
• Organized lab testing of avionics hardware to ensure proper communication over ARINC 429 protocol.
• Created proposal for COTS avionics hardware purchase configuration based on system requirements.

Ewing, New Jersey, United States

• Carried out the characterization of test material in both initial testing and longterm life testing to ensure OLED material meets specifications before being sent to customers, as well as collecting data on the.
• Analyzed data gathered to draw conclusions about trends in quality as well as possible causes for subpar performance.
• Briefed quality and research teams daily on the previous day’s test results and any other relevant information.
• Prepared data visualizations to be sent to customers containing the results of our quality testing.
• Automated previously manual process (using python) to save test technicians 2+ hours of work per day and increase accuracy.