Professional Experience
Safety-critical engineering experience with real systems pressure.
My Collins Aerospace and RTX work spans systems integration, platform software, requirements, verification, validation, and automated tests.
Collins Aerospace || RTX
Systems Engineer
Full-time summer internship
2025
Cedar Rapids, IA
- Worked on KC-46 RVS 2.0 system integration.
- Reproduced, isolated, and closed cross-component issues.
- Coordinated fixes across hardware and software teams.
- Delivered verification criteria across customer specifications, system-level requirements, subsystem requirements, implementation planning, and system integration.
- Completed verification and validation of avionics systems at the subsystem level.
- Delivered requirements for FPGA components of a safety-critical avionics system.
Collins Aerospace || RTX
Platform Software Engineer
Two full-time summer internships plus part-time work during school semesters
2023 - 2025
Cedar Rapids, IA
- Assisted in design, development, testing, and debugging of control systems.
- Designed and implemented build procedures for hardware/software product development.
- Supported SDLC stages.
- Developed and deployed automated tests to verify hardware and software requirements.
- Contributed part-time during school semesters.