Experience

Flight Software Engineer

• Develop and maintain tests for the Europa Clipper mission flight software, focusing on flight software modules for science instrument management and spacecraft timekeeping

Software Assurance Engineer

• Created a Django/Python software assurance tool to process requirements from DOORS NG and interface with TestRail to calculate, track, and visualize software quality assurance metrics including test progress and bi-directional requirements traceability
• Performed independent audits on Europa Clipper mission ground software development and test processes to ensure adherence to NASA and JPL procedural standards

Satellite Software Engineer

• Developed a directive generation service for a payload control flight software application using C++
• Created a multi-threaded emulator using C, with Java GUI and utilizing a SpaceWire-TCP/IP bridge, to test an in-development satellite flight software with a SpaceWire interface
• Supported development of a new ground software by managing the central MySQL database, implementing data consistency checks in Java, and writing and validating test cases

University of Southern California

• Completed courses in Java & C++, Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Web Technologies, Computer Networks, Databases, Software Engineering, Operating Systems, and Robotics

Course Producer (Teaching Assistant)

• Held office hours to help students with object-oriented design concepts and Java & C++ programming projects
• Ran lab sessions and graded exams

Intern

• Designed and created a full-stack application using MongoDB, Express, AngularJS, and Node.js to house and display source-code quality metrics for various MATLAB & Simulink source files
• Created videos teaching the basics of Simulink and Stateflow for robotics student competition teams

Aerodynamics Engineer

• Developed software in MATLAB to support low speed drag and takeoff flight testing critical to FAA airplane certification
• Assisted with automation of aerodynamic analysis for production and customer fleet support requests
• Developed MATLAB automation software of recorded flight data for analysis of stall warning parameters
• Analyzed opportunities for reduction of costly flight testing

University of Washington

• Completed courses in aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, orbital mechanics, CFD, structures, vibrations, controls, systems engineering, and technical writing
• Was part of a small team which designed, built, and launched via weather balloon a Cube Satellite for a lab project
• Completed a comprehensive astronautics group capstone project which included mission planning, engineering design & analysis, and costing of a spacecraft with an objective to study the icy moons of Jupiter

Undergraduate Researcher

• Researched visualization methods for results of a direct numerical simulation of droplet-laden isotropic turbulence
• Gained experience with Linux operating system, parallel computing, and Python
• Used VisIt visualization software on the UW Hyak and TACC Stampede supercomputers to create plots and animations of code results
• Submitted a 3-minute movie to the American Physical Society - Gallery of Fluid Motion

Student Engineer/Crew Member

• Operated a double-return, subsonic wind tunnel
• Completed data reduction on acquired wind-tunnel data to correct for balance interactions, wall and blockage corrections, and strut tares
• Maintained and troubleshot sensitive equipment and software, including daily calibration of a six-component external balance

Weight Engineering Intern

• Assisted in validating a new, integrated fuselage weight estimating software to be used in early product development
• Worked within an integrated product development intern team to design a new airplane for a specified market space given certain design requirements