Jonathan's Life Work

Resume

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

August 2021 - Present

Led a team of twelve in the tactical execution of electrical and mechanical hardware assembly, integrated software testing, and environmental testing for a multi-agent autonomous robotic system.
Architected, optimized, and automated the Python based baseline functional test suite for the hardware and software of a multi-agent autonomous robotic system, reducing required test time by 75%.
Delivered safety critical Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) software to support battery charging – allowing the safe use of 4S lithium-ion batteries in six different test venues.
Developed communication drivers, backend infrastructure, and user dashboards to interact with FPGAs for live data visualization and analysis during avionics integration and environmental tests.
Designed, implemented, and unit tested NASA F’ software components for the implementation of Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) sensors on System-on-Chip (SOC) embedded platforms.

Systems Engineer IV

Columbus Technologies (JPL On-Site)

January 2020 - August 2021

Authored an enterprise-level hardware and software Interface Control Document (ICD) as an End-To-End Information Systems Lead, successfully resolving interface discrepancies between four teams.
Led the integration of scientific instrument hardware and software with information systems, databases, command and control assets, and external partner systems.

Systems Engineer IV

Booz Allen Hamilton

November 2016 -January 2020

Delivered hardware-in-the-loop cyber-physical testbeds, training, and software for a successful live field demo of offensive cybersecurity capabilities, winning a $1.5M contract and new clients.
Led the development of hackathons for the U.S. Navy HACKtheMACHINE series in Boston, Seattle, and New York, successfully guiding hundreds of participants through technical challenges.
Approved salary actions, managed performance, and mentored five employees as career manager.

Lead Technologist

United States Marine Corps

June 2014 - August 2016

Led large, cross-functional, diverse teams in the accomplishment of complex objectives with limited resources, tight schedules, and varying levels of technical complexity

First Lieutenant

M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering - Johns Hopkins University

Expected 2026

M.S. Engineering (Cybersecurity) - University of California, Los Angeles

Awarded 2020

B.S. Aerospace Engineering - University of California, Los Angeles

Awarded 2014

Software and Analysis: Python, Ruby, C++, MATLAB & Simulink, Shell, Git, Docker, ROS

Hardware: Embedded Systems, Rapid Prototyping, Electrical Test Equipment, Harnessing, PLCs

Networking: CAN Bus, WireShark, netcat, socat, RS232, RS422, MIL-STD-1553, SPI, TCP/IP

Aerospace: Astronautics, Remote Sensing, PNT (Position, Navigation, & Timing), Space Hardware

Databases and Visualization: Grafana, InfluxDB, SQLite

First Avenue Middle School - FIRST Lego League Robotics Team Mentor