Experience

• 10+ years in a fast-paced, high-tech (prototype) engineering environment

• 5+ years of technical project management and engineering planning (managed a team of up to 5 engineers and 1 designer at a time)

• 5+ years doing primarily software development & Python3 coding (using the QT framework); focused on python coding, data handling, and data analysis

• Has both worked within and led the technical side of United States Department of Defense (DoD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts (Air Force, Navy, NOAA)

  • • Phase I, II, and II.5

• System design - either directly led or took a large part in the design of many different "unmanned platforms"

  • • 8 different sonobuoys ("sonar-buoys" - oceanographic hydrophones that both float and sink)

    • 4 unmanned aerial systems (UAS - these fly!)

    • 1 unmanned surface vehicle (USV - these float!)

    • 1 unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV - these sink!)

• Data analysis - was a data analyst for sonobuoy data (hundreds of gigabytes of acoustic, GPS, IMU, and pressure sensor data)

Skills

• PyCharm / Python "expert" by now - majorly in thanks to his personal "hobby" of coding & continual learning - but also in part due to his prior workplace & experiences there

• Adept at 3D modeling / CAD (depending on specific modeling software), including some experience in parametric-driven modeling using Python & FreeCAD (and soon Unreal Engine 5 as well!!!)

• Experienced using a multitude of different tools; general engineering lab equipment, pressure chambers, and a wide variety of other data acquisition equipment / data acquisition techniques

• Prototype fabrication (experienced in CNC mill operation, manual lathe operation,  laser-etcher operation, soldering & wiring, minor PCB work / repairs, and composite layups)

Currently Learning

• Platforms: Linux (in general as well as how to create apps for it), MacOS (create apps)

• Coding languages: Java, C++

• IDEs: Visual Studio, Eclipse

• 3D Rendering: Unreal Engine 5

Licenses / Patents / Other

• ATF Explosives License (handling, storage)

• Secret-Level US Security Clearance (expired)

• FAA Part 107 UAS Pilot Certificate (expired)

"Alea iacta est" (The die has been cast).

- Julius Caesar