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.