Mar 2013 – Jan 2017 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Boulder, CO

• I am a do-it-all software and electronics engineer for the Southwest Research Institute. Among my bigger roles was as a lead instrument software engineer on the BRRISON/BOPPS mission. I wrote balloon flight software and integrated electronics/CDH hardware for its science missions. Programming in C++, Python, Matlab, and SQL. I have experience creating custom interfaces between computer hardware and scientific cameras, motors, analog and digital sensing and control interfaces, and data downlinking and uplinking perhiperals.
• Currently, my big project is creating a constellation mission planning system with Python, STK, Scheduler, and ITOS for the CYGNSS mission. In creating a Mission Operations Center (MOC) for the constellation of spacecraft, I have been the go-to software patcher and integrator, working every aspect of the MOC from project CM/Documentation, JIRA Agile PM tool integration, CCSDS packet processing and L0 data pipelines, and MOC digital infrastructure management.
• In addition, I served as a sequencer for the New Horizons Pluto flyby, and help create software tools to support the mission.
• I have lead the installation, IT management, and incorporation of Owncloud, Gitlab, Atlassian Jira, Stash, and Confluence cloud services at the Institute. In addition, I am leading an effort to incorporate Agile project management methodologies and tools into day-to-day engineering practice.

Aug 2011 – May 2012 · 9 mos

• Designed, tested, and integrated PCB components for a high-performance imaging system.
• It was a requirements-driven-design process.

May 2011 – Jun 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Test and redesign equipment used for laboratory experiments for the CU Aerospace Department.

Aug 2011 – Apr 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Working in a team to build a prototype Star Tracker for diurnal operation on a balloon platform, capable of providing 0.1 arcsecond accurate pointing knowledge in nighttime, and 1.0 in daytime.·
• Check out the newly minted website which goes into more technical and visual detail. http://daystarengineering.wordpress.com/
• Multidisciplinary system integration and testing of electronics, software, and optical hardware. Main responsibilities were in electronic design and testing, software, and system integration and testing.
• Deliverables include drafting of requirements, PDD, PDR, CDD, CDR documents. Within are system and subsystem trade studies, cost & risk analysis, and final requirements verification report.
• Thermal analysis, testing, and verification also performed in preparation for balloon launch.
• Successful launch and test flight, ensuing postprocessing of images with Python and MySQL.

Apr 2011 – Mar 2015 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Boulder, Colorado

• Travel to sites and document locations for rent. Architectural and interior shoots. Photos used in AirBnB website.

Feb 2011 – Jan 2014 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Boulder, CO

• Involved in updating and maintenance of production code for LASP's AIM project. Some requirements are the ability to work with NetCDF files, unix systems, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Sybase databases and managing their JDBC connections, as well as the distribution of public and private research data.

Aug 2010 – Jan 2016 · 5 yrs 5 mos · Boulder, CO

• High resolution nature and landscape photos, portraits, and commercial shoots.

Jan 2006 – Jan 2009 · 3 yrs

• Maintained, ran, and programmed CNC mills, lathes, and swiss turns

May 2005 – Mar 2011 · 5 yrs 10 mos · Denver, CO

• Participate in, and oversee the time constrained installation of new Egress code-compliant windows and wells. Includes management of personnel and sub-contractors for the excavation, removal and installation of windows and wells.