Finished avionics test engineering internship

src/components/PopoverWordDefinition.astro

@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ const keys: { [key: string]: string } = {
   ADCP: "Acoustic doppler current profiler",
   COTS: "Consumer off-the-shelf",
   CTD: "Conductivity, temperature, and depth sensor",
+  DUTs: "Devices under test",
   GUI: "Graphical user interface",
   NUC: "A small and low-power computer made by Intel",
   PCBs: "Printed circuit boards",
+  TDD: "Test driven development",
   UPS: "Uninterruptible power supply",
+  VISA: "Virtual instrument software architecture",
 };
 
 const key: string | undefined = Astro.props.key;
@@ -21,6 +24,12 @@ if (key && keys.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
   word = key;
   definition = keys[key];
 }
+
+if (!word || !definition) {
+  throw new Error(
+    `Popover definition is missing! Inputs were\nkey: ${key}\nword: ${word}\ndefinition: ${definition}`,
+  );
+}
 ---
 
 <>

src/data/site-layout.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ export const siteLayout: navLink[] = [
     path: "experience",
     children: [
       {
-        enabled: false,
         navText: "SpaceX",
         path: "spacex",
         children: [
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ export const siteLayout: navLink[] = [
             path: "hardware-test-engineer-i-ii",
           },
           {
-            enabled: false,
             navText: "Avionics Test Engineering Internship",
             path: "avionics-test-engineering-internship",
           },

src/pages/experience/spacex/avionics-test-engineering-internship.astro

@@ -1,16 +1,28 @@
 ---
+import H2 from "@components/H2.astro";
+import H3 from "@components/H3.astro";
+import Li from "@components/Li.astro";
 import Carousel from "@components/Media/CustomCarousel/CustomCarousel.astro";
+import PageGroup from "@components/PageGroup.astro";
+import Paragraph from "@components/Paragraph.astro";
+import Paragraphs from "@components/Paragraphs.astro";
+import PopoverWordDefinition from "@components/PopoverWordDefinition.astro";
+import SkillMatrix from "@components/SkillMatrix/SkillMatrix.astro";
 import Timeline from "@components/Timeline/Timeline.astro";
+import Ul from "@components/Ul.astro";
 import ExperienceLayout from "@layouts/ExperienceLayout.astro";
 
 import spring_2019_interns from "@assets/experience/spacex/avionics-test-engineering-internship/spring-2019-interns.jpg";
+import swag from "@assets/experience/spacex/avionics-test-engineering-internship/swag.jpg";
 
+import InlineLink from "@components/InlineLink.astro";
 import type { carouselGroup } from "@interfaces/image-carousel.ts";
+import type { categorySkills } from "@interfaces/skill-matrix.ts";
 import type { timelineEntry } from "@interfaces/timeline.ts";
 
 const headerCarouselGroup: carouselGroup = {
   animation: "slide",
-  images: [spring_2019_interns],
+  images: [spring_2019_interns, swag],
 };
 
 const timeline: timelineEntry[] = [
@@ -23,58 +35,157 @@ const timeline: timelineEntry[] = [
     date: "March 2019",
   },
 ];
+
+const categorizedSkills: categorySkills[] = [
+  {
+    category: "Software & Environments",
+    skills: [
+      { item: "Git" },
+      {
+        item: "Programming Languages",
+        subItems: [
+          { item: "Python 2/3" },
+          { item: "Bash Shell Scripting" },
+          { item: "Microsoft SQL" },
+        ],
+      },
+      {
+        item: "Atlassian Suite",
+        subItems: [
+          { item: "Jira" },
+          { item: "Bitbucket" },
+          { item: "Confluence" },
+        ],
+      },
+      {
+        item: "Automation Interfaces",
+        subItems: [{ item: "NI MAX/VISA" }, { item: "Jira RESTful APIs" }],
+      },
+      {
+        item: "Operating Systems",
+        subItems: [
+          {
+            item: "Linux",
+            subItems: [{ item: "Ubuntu" }, { item: "WSL" }],
+          },
+          { item: "Microsoft Windows" },
+        ],
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    category: "Electrical",
+    skills: [
+      {
+        item: "Schematic & PCB Design",
+        subItems: [{ item: "Altium Designer" }],
+      },
+      {
+        item: "Electrical Diagnostics",
+        subItems: [{ item: "Multimeters" }],
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+];
 ---
 
-<ExperienceLayout title="SpaceX - Avionics Test Engineering Internship">
+<ExperienceLayout
+  title="Avionics Test Engineering Internship"
+  subTitles={["Space Exploration Technologies Corporation"]}
+>
   <Carousel carouselGroup={headerCarouselGroup} />
-
+  <PageGroup>
-  <h2 class="my-4 font-bold md:text-2xl">Summary</h2>
+    <Fragment slot="header"><H2>Summary</H2></Fragment>
-  <h3 class="my-4 font-bold md:text-lg">Timeline</h3>
+    <PageGroup>
-  <Timeline timeline={timeline} />
+      <Fragment slot="header"><H3>Timeline</H3></Fragment>
-  <h3 class="my-4 font-bold md:text-lg">Key Takeaways</h3>
+      <Timeline timeline={timeline} />
-  <ul class="list-inside list-disc">
+    </PageGroup>
-    <li></li>
+    <PageGroup>
-  </ul>
+      <Fragment slot="header"><H3>Key Takeaways</H3></Fragment>
-  <h3 class="my-4 font-bold md:text-lg">Skills Used</h3>
+      <Ul>
-  <div
+        <Li
-    class="border-caperren-green relative grid grid-flow-row gap-6 sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 xl:grid-cols-4"
+          >Wrote re-usable, unit-tested, and safety-focused test software
-  >
+          components in Python for validating high-pressure transducers</Li
-    <div>
+        >
-      <div class="text-sm font-extrabold">Software</div>
+        <Li
-      <hr class="text-caperren-green" />
+          >Assisted in the running of qualification tests against flight
-      <ul class="list-inside list-disc text-sm">
+          networking hardware</Li
-        <li>Python</li>
+        >
-        <li>Test Driven Development</li>
+        <Li
-      </ul>
+          >Wrote software in Python to automate work-ticket generation in Jira</Li
-    </div>
+        >
-    <div>
+        <Li
-      <div class="text-sm font-extrabold">Electrical</div>
+          >Successfully debugged electrical faults in <PopoverWordDefinition
-      <hr class="text-caperren-green" />
+            key="PCBs"
-    </div>
+          /> used in Avionics test systems</Li
-    <div>
+        >
-      <div class="text-sm font-extrabold">Other</div>
+        <Li
-      <hr class="text-caperren-green" />
+          >Directly interfaced with the engineering team for <PopoverWordDefinition
-    </div>
+            key="COTS"
-  </div>
+          /> test equipment, driving firmware fixes and providing beta test feedback</Li
-  <h2 class="my-4 font-bold md:text-2xl">Details</h2>
+        >
-
+      </Ul>
-  Though I did get to work on some really fun projects during my internship at
+    </PageGroup>
-  SpaceX, I unfortunately can’t go into much detail due to NDA’s and ITAR
+    <SkillMatrix categorizedSkills={categorizedSkills} />
-  restrictions. What I can say is that I mainly wrote Python for a new avionics
+  </PageGroup>
-  hardware test system. My experience with writing Python in the numerous other
+  <PageGroup>
-  projects I’ve done really helped me out here, as the framework SpaceX has
+    <Fragment slot="header"><H2>Details</H2></Fragment>
-  created was quite complex and would otherwise have been fairly difficult to
+    <Paragraphs>
-  write code for. I also wrote a simple tool for automating the creation of Jira
+      <Paragraph>
-  work tickets so that the two teams that ended up using it wouldn’t have to
+        Working at SpaceX was a dream come true, even when it was only for a
-  have their members manually creating dozens of them as work and issues came in
+        three month internship. I've always loved space, including the
-  through a separate system. I was also quite happy in that I got to perform
+        technology related to it, as I know many others also do. I grew as a
-  some circuit debugging on avionics test system hardware, both for my project
+        Trekkie, watching endless hours of rubbermaid tubs filled with VHS
-  and for a separate test system. A final experience I had here was getting to
+        recordings of the original series, The Next Generation, and Voyager. As
-  work directly with the head engineer from a company that supplied a piece of
+        someone with a multi-disciplinary background, and with a special focus
-  test hardware I was interfacing with. It was quite incredible to see just how
+        on robotics and automation, test engineering was a very good fit!
-  much weight a SpaceX email address had when trying to solve problems I had
+      </Paragraph>
-  found with the hardware. Not only were they responsive, but in fact were
+      <Paragraph>
-  willing to fast-track firmware updates for us to get things working. Coming
+        During this internship, my primary goal was to create re-usable
-  from clubs and small labs where a support email might not even get a response
+        components for high pressure test systems. This involved interfacing
-  for months, it was quite a refreshing experience.
+        with test rack equipment which could apply pressure to <PopoverWordDefinition
+          key="DUTs"
+        />, and would then validate their response and performance to this
+        stimulus. While I'd written quite a bit of Python prior to this, the
+        standards for these components were (understandably!) much higher than
+        I'd encountered previously. This effectively meant that the internship
+        was a bit of a crash course in <PopoverWordDefinition key="TDD" />, as
+        being able to verify that the tests would apply the correct stimulus,
+        and in the correct way, helped reduce the chances of damaging <PopoverWordDefinition
+          key="DUTs"
+        />, or supporting test equipment. As part of this effort, I also made
+        significant improvements to the driver for the piece of test equipment
+        which controlled how pressure was applied. While doing so, I encountered
+        a fair number of discrepancies in the documentation and <PopoverWordDefinition
+          key="VISA"
+        />
+        commands for this device. I ended up contacting the company and was put in
+        contact with their engineering department, where I then drove fixes to their
+        firmware and documentation, ultimately resulting in a fully functional test
+        setup. Since I ended up <InlineLink
+          href="/experience/spacex/hardware-test-engineer-i-ii"
+          >working for the company long-term</InlineLink
+        >, I know that these components were used, and likely still are, for
+        many pressure-related validation tests at the company and worked well!
+      </Paragraph>
+      <Paragraph>
+        There were also a couple of side projects I worked on while here. The
+        first was small Python app which automated the creation of Jira work
+        tickets for the Lifecycle Engineering Team. Previously, a member of that
+        team on a rotating schedule would manually create counterpart Jira
+        tickets associated to a proprietary tracking system created in-house. By
+        manually querying the SQL database for this proprietary app, and making
+        it run on a schedule, tickets were made and assigned to the appropriate
+        teams automatically, improving the response time to these tickets, and
+        removing the potential for errors during the previously manual
+        copy/pasting efforts. In my first week, I also debugged a custom circuit
+        board for a motor controller test system, finding the location of a dead
+        short, directing a tech to repair the failure, and then verified that
+        the board functioned correctly afterwards. The final small project I
+        worked on was manually running the shock tests in the qualification
+        efforts for a piece of spaceflight networking gear while its owner, a
+        friend, could not be present.
+      </Paragraph>
+    </Paragraphs>
+  </PageGroup>
 </ExperienceLayout>