Montana State University-Bozeman

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Raytheon Technologies

Product Team Lead

Section Manager

Managing SW execution for a 15 person team

Software Lead

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Backspace CTO (Acquired 2023)

Skills: Python · C++ · Microsoft Excel · Jenkins · Java

Sr Software Engineer

Skills: NoSQL · Node.js · Git · Google Cloud Platform (GCP) · Python · Firebase · Vue.js · Leadership · JavaScript · Project Management

OM Cash

Lead Software Engineer

Skills: Git · Python · C++ · Computer Hardware Troubleshooting · Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) · Computer Hardware · Jenkins · Java

Lockheed Martin

Software Engineer

Work for Montana Space Grant Consortium's BOREALIS program to do research and development of a payload to be flown at high altitude during the 2017 solar eclipse. The payload will perform all command and control functions as well as stream live HD video footage to a ground station. The system must be designed in such a way that it can be replicated and distributed to academic institutions across the United States for use during the eclipse. 

My duties involve software design, testing, and implementation as well as hardware design. I have worked under Professor Randal Larimer to design PCB solutions as well as electromechanical solutions to make this goal a reality.

MSGC BOREALIS program

Undergraduate Research Assistant

The work during the summer of 2015 was directed towards developing and testing of vital systems to the 2017 solar eclipse. My first project was the redesign and testing of the command and control systems centered around utilizing an Iridium satellite modem and a microprocessor to execute commands and monitor overall payload health. Secondly, I worked to improve and expand the capabilities of our ground station's tracking antenna. The tracking antenna utilizes GPS data stored in a mySQL database to point the antenna in real time at a moving, balloon suspended payload. I developed a software interface as well as prediction algorithms to make up for gaps in GPS data. Lastly I worked to support the real-time video system and website streaming.

Electrical Engineering Intern

For approximately 2 years, I was a teaching assistant for Professor Randy Larimer's Intro to Microprocessing course.
I was previously employed to also be an assistant teacher for Professor Brock LaMeres's course in Logic Design and Professor Larimer's Applied Microprocessing course. Responsibilities include running a hands-on lab for multiple lab sections, covering grading and office hours for each course.

Dylan Trafford