Autonomy Applications Engineer | Shield AI | Washington, DC | June 2025
- Present
Implemented Conan lockfile workflows ensuring reproducible builds
across deployment environments.
Built GenAI automation tooling adopted by product team for Hivemind
repository upgrades, reducing SDK release cycles from weeks to 24
hours while enhancing quality gates.
Found critical issues in multiple SDK releases, blocking deployment
until issues were corrected. Improved testing workflows by
automating and parallelizing acceptance testing.
Established cross-organization upgrade pipeline using GenAI tooling,
providing continuous SDK quality validation and enabling
engineering-free Hivemind upgrades for partner teams.
Aerospace Applications Software Engineer | Blue Origin | Denver, CO |
June 2023 - April 2025
Owned development environment infrastructure for 150-person flight
software team, implementing Docker dev containers and modern
tooling.
Developed custom Pytest framework generating dynamic GitLab CI child
pipelines with Python decorators, reducing runner utilization by 90%
while maintaining hundreds of active simulation tests.
Built automation tooling using Tree-sitter and LLMs to analyze
Python code in CI pipelines, catching non-terminating loops in
verification test code before deployment.
Developed Python data pipelines for spacecraft telemetry analysis
and C++ hardware mocking capabilities, enabling software-based
simulation environments.
Built automated test case management software, delivering 10x
productivity improvements for a 20-person verification team.
Simulation Software Engineer, Advanced Programs | United Launch Alliance
| Denver, CO | May 2022 - June 2023
Modernized legacy FORTRAN codebase (~700k lines) using Artifactory
and Bamboo CI, reducing compilation time from 12+ hours to 4 hours.
Implemented team's first CI/CD pipeline with automated formatting,
linting, and merge request checks, enabling developers to focus on
implementation over code style.
Architected and delivered first high-fidelity C++ simulation model
for Vulcan-Centaur rocket, recognized as one of ULA's major
accomplishments of 2022.
PROJECT LEADERSHIP
Undergraduate Research Lead | Orbital Debris Classification | Prescott,
AZ | 2021
Led machine learning research in collaboration with ERAU Dean of
Engineering and NASA, developing algorithms in Rust and Julia for 3D
debris classification.
Founder & Lead Developer | Simple Stock Bots | Phoenix, AZ | 2018 - 2024
Managed Kubernetes cluster in my self-hosted homelab handling CI/CD
builds, deployments, and GitLab runners for Python application
serving 20k monthly active users.
Implemented automated canary and stable release pipelines with
GitLab CI/CD, enabling continuous deployment to production.
EDUCATION AND SKILLS
B.S. Aerospace Engineering | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University |
Prescott, AZ | May 2022
Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering (Astronautics
Concentration) with a minor in Computer Science
1 Year Data Science Directed Study | Summer Study Abroad for
Mathematics in Iceland