Boulder, Colorado, United States
Interdisciplinary aerospace and software engineer with seven years of experience in the aviation software industry. Proven track record of inventing and creating new software technologies for the aerospace sector, spanning avionics, ground operations, and unmanned vehicles. Enthusiastic about aviation, spaceflight, the internet of things, and all things running code.
• Develop software and configuration (PDI) adhering to DO-178C/B as a lead software engineer for aircraft OEM programs for the new G3000 Prime avionics suite • Orchestrate and integrate over 1,200 software changes within 18 months • Deliver 20+ software releases to OEM customer for flight testing and certification • Implement interfaces for LRUs such as Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS), Air Data Computers (ADC), controllers, displays, and navigational (NAV) equipment communicating via analog, discrete, and packet-based data • Troubleshoot aircraft-level, system-level, and low-level software issues • Solicit, analyze, interpret, and iterate on system and software requirements • Mentor other software engineers and collaborate cross-functionally with program management, system test, human factors, and flight operations teams
• Implement embedded avionics software in C to DO-178B standard (DAL A) for Primary Flight and Multifunction Displays, enabling successful first flights of five separate aircraft to date • Lead the Engine Indication System (EIS / EICAS) software component • Write and review source code, high- and low-level requirements, and unit tests • Contribute to the development and improvement of internal tools and processes
• Investigated new digital solutions in the commercial, business, and general aviation markets by working across functions, organizations, and business units within Boeing • Defined and communicated new solutions to company management • Designed and implemented an aircraft motion data collection and warehousing system • Oversaw development of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) ground control station: Defined system and software requirements, led remote UX designers and software developers, performed system integration and testing • Debugged and troubleshot distributed software systems using C++, Qt, Java, Python, Docker • Analyzed, cleaned, structured, and enriched big data sets (8M rows) using Python, R, Hive, Apache Spark and Hadoop • Shaped technical integration and identified risks and mitigations in preparation of urban operations beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of a 10kg Unmanned Aircraft System • Co-inventor of two patents (US 11,955,015, US 12,002,368) • Recognized as a top performer within the group
• Investigated new digital solutions in commercial, business, and general aviation • Defined and communicated new solutions to company management • Developed software requirements and architecture for new aviation applications • Inventor of U.S. patent 11,315,432
Wrote a Master's thesis on Contingency Management for Unmanned Aircraft Systems at Boeing Global Services DA&A Lab Denver within the Research & Rapid Development group. • Researched commercial UAS technologies and operational aspects, specifically with respect to contingency management and autonomy for BVLOS operations • Architected, designed, and implemented new onboard risk-based re-planning algorithms for lost link situations into the PX4 open-source UAS autopilot using C/C++ • Adapted a real-time physics simulation environment for UAS missions and algorithms based on the Gazebo robotics simulator in C++
Developed a software prototype to control multiple UAVs: • Conducted necessary research on the SDK provided by the drone manufacturer • Developed simple multi-threaded software architecture, implemented the software in C under UNIX • Manipulated parts of the drone’s internal firmware utilizing Linux tools • Conducted demonstrations to executive level management, as well as partners from the industry and academia, using the developed software • Exceeded the set goals in a time-critical environment: 1 month from project assignment to stakeholder demo; the initial goal was to connect to and fly one drone, the system was ultimately able to handle 3 or more drones
Full-time internship in the Research & Rapid Development department of Boeing Global Services. • Supported back-end and front-end development of a research demonstrator application in R to showcase new BGS analytics capabilities and product concepts within the Boeing ecoDemonstrator program • Developed an R package to interface with Boeing internal APIs • Supported App Development in C# • Worked on an exploratory project into Blockchain technology and applications, submitted two invention disclosures for intellectual property
Full-time internship as a Test Engineer in the ALSTOM Power R&D laboratories (later acquired by GE Power). • Tested hot gas path components for large gas turbines in the 300MW class to validate their performance • Performed state-of-the-art heat transfer measurements utilizing the Thermochromatic Liquid Crystals (TLC) technique and infrared thermography, spanning from experiment design and setup to processing and analyzing the results • Conducted flow tests on 3D-printed gas turbine prototype parts • Investigated the mixing behavior of newly developed gas turbine combustors using particle image velocimetry (PIV) and laser induced fluorescence (LIF) • Developed and improved data post-processing routines for the TLC and IR techniques using Matlab and FLIR Research IR