David Kennedy Email and Phone Number

I have spent the last 42 years developing software. I have befriended so many wonderful people, worked with so many people much smarter than I am, and learned more than I realized there was to be learned. I have decided it was time to end this chapter. Thank you everyone. It has been awesome!

Part-time consultant for real-time Linux flight control systems for autonomous aircraft.

Real-time application development for embedded navigation system. Development and field maintenance for viz-sim application for near-earth and space system visualization.

Armstrong Flight Research Center: Embedded with the NASA Armstrong Traveler program. Developed the flight executive including tasking infrastructure, utilizing standard C++14 with pthread extensions to implement real-time, preemptive runtime system and scheduling management. Utilized 8 core heterogeneous processor. Configured the remote compile and debug environment using VS15 on Windows, Visual Studio Code on Linux, and gcc/gdb on target processor. Object oriented design and verification, extensive automated testing in agile development environment.LSUASC Corpus Christi: Implemented the LSUASC implementation for Technology Capability Levels 0-2 of the NASA UAS Traffic Management (UTM) system. Implemented communication and control software, and supported all flight test and demonstration activities.

Lead Engineer – AI development for an independent developer working on PC-based simulation game. Developed genetic algorithm for establishing bot configuration, GOAP algorithm for real-time bot control, and a general purpose AI run-time engine.

Lead Engineer for SED STARS radar simulation group, acting as liaison to MDA software engineering. Responsible for project planning, technical approach, software process specification and verification strategy for MDA theater-area radar simulations.

Lead Engineer for Apache AH-64D FCR simulation, Grey Eagle UAS simulation, Viz/Sim desktop applications and trainers. Developed real-time hardware-in-the-loop simulations for Apache FCR subsystems. Developed, fielded and tested real-time Apache 2nd Gen FLIR streaming video and telemetry data collection and analysis. Developed IRIG card and IR video interface drivers for Apache 2nd Gen FLIR test-set. Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG) chair, responsible for moving the group from CMMI level 1 to independently assessed level 3.

Software Engineer for International Space Station (ISS) EXPRESS development. C and assembly for VxWorks on Motorola 68K and Power PC boards in VME cage. BSP setup and communications driver support (MIL-STD-1553, Fibre channel, RS-422, Ethernet, RS-170 Video)

Developed the embedded payload control software for protein crystal growth experiment payload for ISS. Elements included the PC-104 real-time control software, all of the application software, and hardware drivers for telemetry, imagery and Command/Control interfaces.

Lead Engineer B-1B Navigation and Executive groups: Distributed multi-computer system for flight and avionics control of the B-1B bomber. Setup Green Hills BSP, and developed the drivers for MIL-STD-1553, RS-232, and discrete inter-computer communications. SEPG chair for establishing CMM level 3 process improvement and assessment. Real-time UML design and documentation, Ada 95 implementation.Lead Engineer Boeing 777 distributed cabin software: Responsible for developing the777 Cabin Executive Software, BSP configuration for each of the various processor cards and communication system drivers, utilizing Green Hills and VxWorks RTOS.Design engineer, Air Force 1 networking and interconnection engineer: Specification and mock-up prototype for networking and computational equipment, as well as communications interfaces. Lead Engineer V-22 Multi-processor, multi-computer flight control and avionics software: Developed the entire flight executive and communications subsystems in assembly language, for in-house RTOS supporting Navy standard protocols.Lead Engineer FOG-M Executive and Navigation: Implemented VxWorks architecture on a set of Solaris workstations to simulate the target hardware before that hardware was available. Developed Ethernet drivers to mimic the VME backplane interfaces, allowing application development for each of the target platform processors. When the hardware became available, implemented all of the BSP support configuration and driver software, symbolic debugging environment and cross compiler configuration for the target hardware system.Software Engineer B-52 flight executive: Updated the flight executive for the B-52 Bomber Offensive Avionics System. Developed threading kernel and device drivers for MIL-STD-1553, Strategic Radar interface.

Petroleum exploration and management applications. Inventory control system for civil engineering at Tinker Air Force Base. Embedded OS development.