Picture of AJ Fite A.J. Fite Software Engineer
website
ajfite.com
email
[email protected]
Twitter
@ajfite
LinkedIn
ajfite
Phone
(425) 610 9574
Address
P.O. Box 3307
Renton, WA 98056

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

Cal Poly Seal
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)