Summary

Flight Software Engineer with Blue Origin on an unannounced program under Space Systems Development. Alumni of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a BS in Computer Engineering. Experienced software developer writing code primarily in Java and C++ for aerospace systems. Cleared since 2019 with DOD/Navy (LOJ since 2023).

Experience

Blue Origin Renton, WA

Flight Software Engineer Feburary 2023 - Present

Flight software for Space Systems Development
Flight software for New Glenn

Boeing Defense, Space, and Security Kent, WA

Software Engineer 2 July 2020 - Feburary 2023

Software Engineer 1 Feburary 2019 - July 2020

Member of the P-8 Mission Systems Communications Agile team
INMARSAT and Traffic Shaping SME for the program
Worked with Phantom Works COMC2 group on a loan out basis
Working primarily with Java and C++ in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment
Uses ClearCase and Git for source code management, JIRA for planning
Member of the ClearCase to Git transition team and Jenkins CI SME for the program
Works software through the full life cycle including planning, programming, testing, and assist with post deployment issues on live aircraft

Scientific Drilling International Paso Robles, CA

QA Intern April 2018 - December 2018

Worked with Software Engineers to validate firmware fixes and bug test software
Created TestComplete automation scripts to run automated tests on real oil drilling hardware
One of two SMEs on git and GitLab on the testing team
Part of the core team rolling out modern source control, CI, and test automation procedures for the company

TransUnion Interactive San Luis Obispo, CA

IT Intern June 2016 - June 2017

Sesame Communications Seattle, WA

Marketing Automation Intern April 2014 - September 2014

HR Technology Intern June 2013 - September 2013

Education

B.S. Computer Engineering December 2018

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Highlighted Skills

Languages Java, C++, C, Python 3, Bash, Powershell/.Net, PHP, TestComplete
Systems & Software Jenkins, GitLab, Maven, ClearCase, Git, Jira, Confluence
Environments Aircraft Software, Linux (Ubuntu, RHEL), Windows/Windows Server, Embedded Systems, Agile

Volunteering

Radio Support Bellevue Office of Emergency Management 2018 - Present
CERT Volunteer City of Bellevue 2019 - Present
Radio Support Renton Office of Emergency Management 2019 - Present

Personal and Academic Projects

Tractor Hacking My Computer Engineering Capstone project, my team and I began the process of reverse engineering the internal communications protocol used by John Deere tractors.
More info: tractorhacking.projects.ajfite.com
Solar Micro-Forecasting My senior project, my team and I designed a controller for a prototype dome shaped thermal imager and did basic computer vision work to attempt to predict near term cloud cover for use at solar facilities.
Baseball-Pi A Raspberry Pi Zero based live MLB scoreboard using SPI and I2C based display modules, and addressable RGB LEDs. A work in progress.

Selected Courses

CSC 471 - Introduction to Computer Graphics (C++/OpenGL)
CPE 464 - Introduction to Computer Networks (C/C++)
CPE 453 - Introduction to Operating Systems (C)
CSC 436 - Mobile Application Development (iOS/Swift)
CSC 365 - Introduction to Database Systems (SQL/MySQL)
CPE 357 - Systems Programming (C)
CPE 350/450 - Capstone Project (See projects section above)
CPE 329 - Programmable Logic and Microprocessor-Based Systems Design (C)
PHIL 327 - Robot Ethics
CPE 315 - Computer Architecture (C/Java/MIPS Assembly)
EE 307 - Digital Electronics and Integrated Circuits
EE 306 - Semiconductor Device Electronics
CPE 233 - Computer Design and Assembly Language (VHDL/Assembly)
ENGL 149 - Technical Writing
CPE 133 - Digital Design (VHDL)
CPE 101/102/103 - Fundamentals of Computer Science (C/Java)