Systems Software Architect
Claude Code kicad-happy plugin that turns AI into a full-fledged electronics design assistant. Parses KiCad schematics and PCB layouts, detects circuit patterns, validates designs against datasheets, sources components from DigiKey/Mouser/LCSC, and generates fab-ready BOMs for JLCPCB and PCBWay. Validated against 1,000+ open-source KiCad projects using a dedicated test harness.
- KiCAD Design Review
- BOM Management
- DigiKey/Mouser/LCSC/element14 APIs
- JLCPCB/PCBWay Manufacturing Workflows
Beaker and Wrench
Embedded Systems Developer for Beaker Bus System for Wiped-Film Evaporation System
Wi-Fi Stepper
Electrical Engineer and
Embedded Systems Developer
Lead concept, design, development, and production of a Crowd-funded Stepper Motor IoT device. Utilizes core technologies: ESP8266, powerSTEP01, and ATECC508a.
- KiCAD
- Arduino ESP8266
- Embedded C/C++
- Python, MQTT, and RESTful interfaces
- Frontend Javascript + Vue.js + Bulma
- Jekyll + Ruby + Node.js
- Crowd Funding
Peristaltic Dosing Pump
Embedded Systems Designer
Designed Hardware and Embedded Software for a high-viscocity peristaltic pump. Utilizes core technologies: TB6600 and ATMEGA328
- KiCAD
- Embedded C/C++
- Stepper Motors
Battle Bots
Team Gemini
2018 Season of Battle Bots filmed for the Discovery Channel. Part of a team that designed fighting robots and rapidly fixed them after each match. Team Page
Good Robotics Consulting
CEO / Systems Architect
Started Engineering contracting/consulting for Electronics and Embedded Software.
Novariant
Systems Software Engineer
Developed control platforms for tractors and mobile farm equipment using GPS, high speed cameras, and embedded sensors. Maintained legacy products while innovating next generation systems. Architected a high-fidelity synchronous timing framework for embedded Linux.
- Embedded Linux Kernel
- Real-Time Linux
- Computer Vision
- High-Accuracy GPS Positioning
Intuitive Surgical
Embedded Systems Engineer
Developed embedded software for new instruments and new procedures on the da Vinci Surgical System which enables surgeons to teleoperate an endoscopic surgical robot.
- Embedded C
- Python
- Medical Devices
Helicopter Control System
Lead Engineer
Lead a team that developed the Helicopter Augmented Control System which assists drone pilots of conventional RC helicopters.
- Control Systems
- User Interface Design
- Embedded C
- MATLAB
NASA Ames Research Center
Robotics Software Engineer
Developed software to control autonomous robotic vehicles. Field experience deploying and supporting a fleet of robotic rovers in the Mojave Desert and Arctic Tundra to assist in Biological Research by collecting topographical and scientific data. Built simulations for a Lunar Micro Rover, experimented with advanced sensor fusion techniques.
- Linux Kernel
- C
- Vision
- Real-time network communication
- Microcontrollers
Firefighter, EMT
Cal Fire Intel
Research Data Specialist
Sensor operator and software developer on Cal Fire's CI641 intelligence aircraft. Mapped active wildfire perimeters using thermal and multispectral sensors. Built the real-time data pipeline — live video streaming, automated perimeter mapping, and product distribution to firefighters and partner agencies.
- Kotlin, Python, ArcGIS Pro
- MPEG-TS, MISB ST 0601, HLS/RTSP Video Streaming
- Infrared & Multispectral Sensor Systems
- Real-time Geospatial Data Processing
Cal Fire
Firefighter
Seasonal Firefighter for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention protecting life, property, and the watershed of California.
SWIS Camera Experiments
SJSU Wildfire IRCamera System (SWIS)
Developed infrared camera platform to capture Fire Behavior from an Aerial Platform during controlled and uncontrolled wildfires.
- Deployed to wildfires in conjunction with NOAA's CalFiDE aircraft
- Overflew the Canyon RX Fire Experiment in Salinas designed to manufacture extreme fire behavior in a box canyon
Royal Ambulance
Emergency Medical Technician
Worked as an EMT providing inter-facility transport service
Dixie Fire Deployment
San Jose State University Fire Weather Lab
Measured wildfire plume dynamics using Doppler Radar and Lidar to develop and validate fire model prediction and forecasting
Fire Weather Lab
San Jose State University
Santa Cruz County Fire
Volunteer Firefighter
All risk fire service. Protecting and responding in the community I call home.
Cal Fire
Firefighter
Seasonal Firefighter for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention protecting life, property, and the watershed of California.
Fire Runsheet
Rip-and-run Dispatch Printers
Developed dispatch CAD integrations to printout emergency incident information along with:
- Turn-by-turn route information
- Helicopter landing zones
- Fire weather information
- Ocean tide times for water rescues
- Custom mapbook integrations
- Java + Kotlin
- Python
- Web Services Interfacing
- IoT Security using VPN
- USB Printing Protocols
