I am currently writing telemetry processing software for a mass spectrometer called the Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer (MOMA), working with the same team that built the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument, which is currently running experiments aboard the Curiosity rover. Highlights of my work on MOMA include solving tricky and persistent timestamp resolution issues, fixing out-of-control memory consumption by implementing packet buffering routines, and optimizing code, increasing science data processing speed by 22x. I have also implemented many tools needed by MOMA scientists and engineers, often turning around high quality code in days or hours. Before I joined the MOMA team, I worked as a flight software (FSW) tester for the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR). Although DSCOVR was my first job after college, I eventually became the principal (and only) C&DH tester (C&DH essentially means all software not related to attitude and orbit control). In this role I wrote and maintained tests for all DSCOVR launch scripts, all safing scripts, and all C&DH system test scenarios. I also tested the following flight software subsystems: power node control, software bus library, command ingester, and OS/task manager. I was honored to be a part of the DSCOVR launch team, where I worked with the DSCOVR flight software lead to monitor satellite health and investigate post-launch issues. After DSCOVR reached its final orbit, I tested several flight software code fixes, all of which were installed to the observatory without issue. I was among those awarded the NASA GSFC Group Achievement Award for my work on DSCOVR. I was also nominated for the GSFC Mission Impossible Peer Award, where the sole DSCOVR Attitude and Orbit Control FSW developer wrote, He is a very high performer who is well liked, dedicated, innovative, learns quickly, and has shown a willingness to put in extra time and effort to see tough tasks through.
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