Building Nuclear Reactors @ Radiant Industries
Radiant Industries
Engineer (Mar '23 - Present)
Turning magic hot rock into hot fluids into spinning fans into a conga line of electrons.
SpaceX
Software Engineer (Jan '21 - Mar '23)
Reducing the power consumed by the satellites' payloads (parabolic antennas, phased arrays, and lasers) to improve raise rates of orbit transferring satellites, reduce overheating, and save more power for actual beam forming.
Tesla
Software Engineer Intern (Sep '20 - Jan '21)
Primarily worked on writing a tool to verify simulation results. Spent a bit of time on impact detection.
SpaceX
Flight Software Engineer Intern (May '20 - Sep '20)
Primarily worked on the satellite's parabolic antenna power control software. Also brought up a peripheral for the ground station sites to improve performance in the winter.
Tesla
Electronics, Firmware & Test Engineer Intern (Jan '20 - May '20)
Primarily worked on the thermal controller (i.e. making pumps go "plonk" and fans go "whirrr") for the Powerwall, Megapack, and Solar Inverter. Did a bit of work on the high-voltage bus controller (i.e. ideally not making things go "boom").