Software Engineer

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, via a self-administered Linux server and LabVIEW client programs, 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 C 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

Linux Server Administration

Advanced Version Control

Interface Dependency Management

Network Savvy

Python Library Development

Embedded C Build Systems

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Python

Ruby on Rails

LabVIEW

Embedded C

C Win32 API

JavaScript

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