Software Engineer Machine Learning

SUMMARY

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (Aug 2017 - May 2021)

University of Maryland, College Park

Excelled in machine learning, signal processing, and digital logic design coursework Led introductory C and UNIX programming labs and lectures for 3 years Earned Physics Minor and University Honors Citation EDUCATION

Software engineer with 3+ years of experience building integration and test infrastructure for hardware and firmware teams. Skilled in system integration, automation, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Passionate about streamlining complex engineering workflows through robust, scalable software. JOSEPH WESTRA

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TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Carr Astronautics Dragonfly Ocellus LiDAR (Feb 2022 - Present)

Demonstrated ability to research, develop, and excel independently as the sole software engineer on a multi-year NASA mission

Designed and implemented a server-client architecture for LiDAR hardware and firmware integration testing, enabling efficient parallel testing workflows that accelerated development timelines and reduced downtime

Constructed build systems for container-based applications, using a custom IDL to manage and track evolving dependencies between FPGA firmware and software interfaces Developed embedded software for high-speed network streaming of LiDAR image data, deployed on FPGA SoC boards, and managed baremetal build systems StereoBit In-Flight 3D Atmospheric Processing Application (Sep - Dec 2021) Managed FPGA high-level synthesis, SoC, and embedded Linux build systems to deploy C++ application on FPGA evaluation board

Developed optimization for stereographic 3D wind processing algorithm, using Xilinx high- level-synthesis build tools

Produced technical walkthrough video of the high-level-synthesis development and deployment pipeline

Cross-Discipline Collaboration

System Architecture Design

Hardware Integration and Test

Server Administration

Advanced Version Control

Interface Dependency Management

Network Savvy

Python Library Development

Embedded Build Systems

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Python

Ruby on Rails

LabVIEW

Embedded C

C Win32 API

JavaScript

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