Sep 2021 – May 2026 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Ventura, California, United States

• Built and supported embedded software enabling maritime autonomous vehicle operations across simulated, bench-top, and field-deployed environments
• Established software verification pipelines using software-, processor-, and hardware-in-the-loop frameworks to validate autonomy logic prior to mission execution
• Built, configured, and maintained single-board computer (SBC) software stacks, ensuring reliable networking, device bring-up, and communication across onboard AUV subsystems
• Created and maintained virtual machine environments to validate software behavior and inter-computer communication pathways before deployment and testing on AUVs
• Partnered with systems, mechanical, and electrical engineers to translate vehicle-level constraints into practical software solutions
• Authored and maintained technical design documents and verification artifacts to support traceability, replicability, regression testing, and long-term system evolution
• Integrated navigation sensors and vehicle effectors into Guidance, Control, and Autopilot software, enabling reliable autonomous underwater vehicle operations
• Performed field testing on Underwater Autonomous Vehicles, testing control, and logging software, diagnosing bugs, and administering ad-hoc solutions
• Developed C++ programs to interpret data sent using the SDLC, HDLC serial communication protocols, reducing bit errors in data sent
• Revamped multi-language multi-platform software projects to run on Windows and Linux systems using C#, C++, and FORTRAN
• Spearheaded the restructuring of Navigation code to object-oriented C++, raising abstraction, modularity and robustness
• Directed and mentored a team of 6 interns and junior software engineers over 3 years, overseeing task planning, technical reviews, and technical oversight across autonomous vehicle software efforts

Apr 2020 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · Goleta, California, United States

• Performed ancillary teaching duties including grading, devising labs and conducting 2 lab sections weekly
• Mentored class sizes of 75+ for 5 college quarters in Electric Circuits, Physics, and Object-Oriented Design
• Created over 50 unit tests for Test Driven Development used for labs, homework and exams of the OOPS course

Oct 2019 – Mar 2020 · 5 mos · Santa Barbara, California, United States

• Budgeted and organized social events for over 500 graduate students, including quarterly flagship Mosher Time
• Coordinated with VP of Budget and Finance to apportion quarterly monetary resources for the Association’s needs
• Analyzed graduate-student interest in wellness events through surveys, hosting the most-favored events per quarter

Jun 2018 – Aug 2018 · 2 mos · Begaluru, India

• Formulated and executed a Computational Model for determining modes of wave transit in optical fibres
• Developed a model to visualise modes of a unit length and diameter optical fibre utilizing HFSS and MATLAB
• Explored integration of the model into experimental 1mm diameter fibre optic system to reduce attenuation in transit