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Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States

- Collaborated with senior engineer to implement safety-critical embedded C++ firmware for fault detection of self-driving vehicles, ensuring the prompt detection of over 35 critical operational faults.- Led the conversion of 14 internal C++ projects from older ROS1 robotics framework to newer ROS2 frameworks, and 5 embedded C++ projects from older in-house frameworks and practices to newer.- Upgraded all internal end-of-line product testers by modifying existing tester hardware and creating new QA-specific device firmware, halving per-device testing time and drastically increasing QA throughput.- Implemented an efficient firmware upgrade process for multi-processor embedded platforms, eliminating per-processor firmware mismatch and simplifying updates for end users.Designed and implemented a failure-resistant embedded C++ driver for CAN human-interface peripherals.- Reverse-engineered various OEM vehicle CAN messages and documented each into human-readable structures.

Houghton, Michigan, United States

- Modified existing data analysis software using Python and Tkinter to add interactive data transformation, batch processing, and hotspot-aggregation features.- Utilized advanced linear algebra techniques to transform and project data points into intuitive visualizations.- Optimized data import pipeline from in-house data-collection software created in Unity to analysis software, reducing per-log import times by 80%.

Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States

- Designed, built, and deployed a performant multi-threaded full-stack web application using C++ and ACE to route GPS correctional data from over 1,700 base stations worldwide to over 50 in-the-field autonomous vehicles.- Created specialized digital signal analysis tools using Python to reverse engineer modern automotive sensors, drastically decreasing development time by providing detailed analysis of 183 unique sensor configurations.- Debugged various GStreamer video pipelines and added live image compositing features.

Houghton, Michigan, United States

- Developed a customized web-based VR experience using Mozilla’s Hubs platform. Modified several aspects of Hub’s Javascript, Node.js and Elixir software stack to facilitate interactive tours of virtual construction sites to groups of over 20 remote students at once.- Managed hosted software stack on Amazon Web Services, utilizing S3 storage buckets to optimize large video content streaming.- Worked directly with project management in an Agile environment.