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import H2 from "@components/H2.astro";
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import H3 from "@components/H3.astro";
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import InlineLink from "@components/InlineLink.astro";
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import Li from "@components/Li.astro";
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import Carousel from "@components/Media/CustomCarousel/CustomCarousel.astro";
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import PageGroup from "@components/PageGroup.astro";
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import Paragraph from "@components/Paragraph.astro";
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import Paragraphs from "@components/Paragraphs.astro";
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import PopoverWordDefinition from "@components/PopoverWordDefinition.astro";
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import SkillMatrix from "@components/SkillMatrix/SkillMatrix.astro";
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import Timeline from "@components/Timeline/Timeline.astro";
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import Ul from "@components/Ul.astro";
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import ExperienceLayout from "@layouts/ExperienceLayout.astro";
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import spring_2019_interns from "@assets/experience/spacex/avionics-test-engineering-internship/spring-2019-interns.jpg";
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import swag from "@assets/experience/spacex/avionics-test-engineering-internship/swag.jpg";
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import type { carouselGroup } from "@interfaces/image-carousel.ts";
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import type { categorySkills } from "@interfaces/skill-matrix.ts";
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import type { timelineEntry } from "@interfaces/timeline.ts";
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const headerCarouselGroup: carouselGroup = {
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animation: "slide",
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images: [spring_2019_interns, swag],
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};
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const timeline: timelineEntry[] = [
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{
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event: "Started",
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date: "January 2019",
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},
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{
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event: "Finished",
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date: "March 2019",
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},
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];
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const categorizedSkills: categorySkills[] = [
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{
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category: "Software & Environments",
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skills: [
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{ item: "Git" },
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{
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item: "Programming",
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subItems: [
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{ item: "Python 2/3" },
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{ item: "Bash Shell Scripting" },
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{ item: "Microsoft SQL" },
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],
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},
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{
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item: "Methodologies",
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subItems: [{ item: "Test Driven Development" }, { item: "Agile" }],
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},
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{
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item: "Atlassian Suite",
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subItems: [
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{ item: "Jira" },
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{ item: "Bitbucket" },
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{ item: "Confluence" },
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],
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},
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{
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item: "Automation Interfaces",
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subItems: [{ item: "NI MAX/VISA" }, { item: "Jira RESTful APIs" }],
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},
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{
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item: "Operating Systems",
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subItems: [
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{
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item: "Linux",
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subItems: [{ item: "Ubuntu" }, { item: "WSL" }],
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},
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{ item: "Microsoft Windows" },
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],
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},
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],
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},
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{
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category: "Electrical",
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skills: [
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{
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item: "Schematic & PCB Design",
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subItems: [{ item: "Altium Designer" }],
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},
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{
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item: "Electrical Diagnostics",
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subItems: [{ item: "Multimeters" }],
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},
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],
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},
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];
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---
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<ExperienceLayout
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title="Avionics Test Engineering Internship"
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subTitles={["Space Exploration Technologies Corporation"]}
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>
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<Carousel carouselGroup={headerCarouselGroup} />
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<PageGroup>
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<Fragment slot="header"><H2>Summary</H2></Fragment>
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<PageGroup>
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<Fragment slot="header"><H3>Timeline</H3></Fragment>
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<Timeline timeline={timeline} />
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</PageGroup>
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<PageGroup>
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<Fragment slot="header"><H3>Key Takeaways</H3></Fragment>
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<Ul>
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<Li
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>Wrote re-usable, unit-tested, and safety-focused test software
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components in Python for validating high-pressure transducers</Li
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>
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<Li
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>Assisted in the running of qualification tests against flight
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networking hardware</Li
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>
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<Li
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>Wrote software in Python to automate work-ticket generation in Jira</Li
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>
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<Li
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>Successfully debugged electrical faults in <PopoverWordDefinition
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key="PCBs"
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/> used in Avionics test systems</Li
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>
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<Li
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>Directly interfaced with the engineering team for <PopoverWordDefinition
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key="COTS"
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/> test equipment, driving firmware fixes and providing beta test feedback</Li
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>
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</Ul>
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</PageGroup>
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<SkillMatrix categorizedSkills={categorizedSkills} />
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</PageGroup>
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<PageGroup>
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<Fragment slot="header"><H2>Details</H2></Fragment>
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<Paragraphs>
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<Paragraph>
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Working at SpaceX was a dream come true, even when it was only for a
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three month internship. I've always loved space, including the
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technology related to it, as I know many others also do. I grew as a
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Trekkie, watching endless hours of rubbermaid tubs filled with VHS
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recordings of the original series, The Next Generation, and Voyager. As
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someone with a multi-disciplinary background, and with a special focus
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on robotics and automation, test engineering was a very good fit!
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</Paragraph>
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<Paragraph>
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During this internship, my primary goal was to create re-usable
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components for high pressure test systems. This involved interfacing
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with test rack equipment which could apply pressure to <PopoverWordDefinition
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key="DUTs"
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/>, and would then validate their response and performance to this
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stimulus. While I'd written quite a bit of Python prior to this, the
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standards for these components were (understandably!) much higher than
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I'd encountered previously. This effectively meant that the internship
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was a bit of a crash course in <PopoverWordDefinition key="TDD" />, as
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being able to verify that the tests would apply the correct stimulus,
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and in the correct way, helped reduce the chances of damaging <PopoverWordDefinition
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key="DUTs"
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/>, or supporting test equipment. As part of this effort, I also made
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significant improvements to the driver for the piece of test equipment
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which controlled how pressure was applied. While doing so, I encountered
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a fair number of discrepancies in the documentation and <PopoverWordDefinition
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key="VISA"
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/>
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commands for this device. I ended up contacting the company and was put in
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contact with their engineering department, where I then drove fixes to their
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firmware and documentation, ultimately resulting in a fully functional test
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setup. Since I ended up <InlineLink
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href="/experience/spacex/hardware-test-engineer-i-ii"
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>working for the company long-term</InlineLink
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>, I know that these components were used, and likely still are, for
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many pressure-related validation tests at the company and worked well!
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</Paragraph>
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<Paragraph>
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There were also a couple of side projects I worked on while here. The
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first was small Python app which automated the creation of Jira work
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tickets for the Lifecycle Engineering Team. Previously, a member of that
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team on a rotating schedule would manually create counterpart Jira
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tickets associated to a proprietary tracking system created in-house. By
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manually querying the SQL database for this proprietary app, and making
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it run on a schedule, tickets were made and assigned to the appropriate
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teams automatically, improving the response time to these tickets, and
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removing the potential for errors during the previously manual
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copy/pasting efforts. In my first week, I also debugged a custom circuit
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board for a motor controller test system, finding the location of a dead
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short, directing a tech to repair the failure, and then verified that
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the board functioned correctly afterwards. The final small project I
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worked on was manually running the shock tests in the qualification
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efforts for a piece of spaceflight networking gear while its owner, a
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friend, could not be present.
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</Paragraph>
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</Paragraphs>
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</PageGroup>
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</ExperienceLayout>
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