Résumé

Lead Project/Component Engineer, LDACS IRAD Program – L3Harris Propulsion Systems

Los Angeles, CA · 2/26 – Present

• Led Combustion Devices IPT, driving requirements, hotfire/electronic valve test planning, supplier mgmt., & subsystem integration

Lead Software/Hardware Engineer, Agentic AI IRAD Initiatives – L3Harris LHX Accelerator

Melbourne, FL · 10/25 – Present (Concurrent)

• 4th place out of 73 competing teams, spearheading the Tactical Field Agent: An edge AI assistant, manpack radio platform MVP
• Finalist for autonomous robot platform, defining system architecture, interfaces, & prototype integration with Polymath Robotics

Member, Engineering Leadership Development Program (ELDP) – L3Harris CHQ

Melbourne, FL · 6/24 – 6/26 (Concurrent)

• Selected for accelerated rotational program focused on advanced defense systems, technical leadership, & AI integration

Electrical Design Engineer, USAF Big Safari Program – L3Harris Space & Mission Systems

Greenville, TX · 6/25 – 2/26

• Designed electrical interfaces & wire harnesses for C-37/VC-25 SATCOM payload integration; led cross-functional OPs coordination
• Created error-filtering Artificial Intelligence process flow adopted by program management for use in standard design operations

FPGA Digital Design & Software Engineer, Black Side Digital Design – L3Harris Comm. Systems

Salt Lake City, UT · 6/24 – 6/25

• Designed & verified VHDL RTL for SDA DVB SATCOM FPGA TX/RX modules with self-checking testbenches & MicroBlaze integration
• Performed synthesis, PAR, & validation via Xilinx Vivado; ran RTL simulation, & on-device FPGA hardware testing & verification
• Conducted RAMS analysis on 200+ embedded components, evaluating reliability, safety, and failure modes for broadband radio ICs
• Developed autonomous Python crawler bot, using AI to accelerate website migration: Eliminated 1,000+ hrs manual upgrade work
• Wrote FPGA development course for L3Harris engineers covering RTL design, simulation, synthesis, implementation & build flow

Lead Project/Product Engineer, Next Generation Interceptor – Aerojet Rocketdyne/L3Harris

Los Angeles, CA · 6/23 – 6/24

• Led 8-engineer team across systems, design, integration & test; owned technical, cost & schedule execution for attitude thrusters
• Led 5-person trim testing & 3D printing tiger team, cutting lead time by 16 weeks; drove component CDR with ~30 stakeholders
• Led data analysis of >200 PAC-3 MSE solid rocket X-ray scans, classifying 500+ void anomalies to support production risk analysis

Systems/Electronics Engineer, FB-V12/HM-V2 Robot Design Project – Columbia University

New York City, NY · 1/23–5/23

• Designed/built 2 unique walking robots, leveraging evolutionary optimization, 3D printing, & Python-coded control/test algorithms

Software Engineer, Simulated Soft Robotics Project – Columbia University

New York City, NY · 8/22–12/22

• Coded advanced genetic optimization algorithms & simulators from scratch in C++ and Python, evolving walking robotic designs

Team Lead, Atmospheric Doppler LIDAR Scanner (ADLS-V9) Project – NOAA

Boulder, CO · 8/21–5/22

• Spearheaded engineering team of 9 with $50,000 budget to construct robust and ultra-high precision LIDAR scanner for NOAA

Team Lead, Recreational Vehicle Engineering Redesign Project – University of Colorado

Boulder, CO · 1/22–5/22

• Directed team of 5 to develop mechanical recreational vehicle prototypes and systems for the elderly and disabled

Design Engineer, Moving Highway Kinetic Sculpture Project – University of Colorado

Boulder, CO · 1/22–5/22

• Devised and manufactured a high-precision electromechanical kinetic sculpture engineering project with team of 7 ME students

Team Lead, Air-Form Splint Biomedical Engineering Manufacturing Project – University of Colorado

Boulder, CO · 1/21–5/21

• Guided engineering team of 4 in developing emergency medical splint product, conducting testing and analysis on prototypes

Design Engineer, Anti-Nuclear Blast Shelter Research and Design Project – University of Colorado

Boulder, CO · 1/21–5/21

• Designed and analyzed shelter system capable of extreme nuclear blast resistance, withstanding high yield blast from 1 km away

Design Engineer, Reverse Engineering CAD Modeling Project – University of Colorado

Boulder, CO · 1/20–5/20

• Performed intricate reverse engineering on an industrial battery charging apparatus and created detailed 3D SolidWorks model

Team Lead, Electronic Bike Lock Engineering Design Project – University of Colorado

Boulder, CO · 8/19–12/19

• Led team of 5 to develop a high-fidelity prototype of an electronic bike lock using Arduino, FDM 3D printing, and CNC milling

Columbia University, Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

New York City, New York · August 2022 – May 2023

Concentration in Robotics and Control Systems

University of Colorado Boulder, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Boulder, Colorado · August 2018 – May 2022

Concentration in Advanced Product Design and Entrepreneurship