Experience

YOTTA NAVIGATION CORPORATION

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Research Engineer

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  Santa Clara, California, United States • Principal Investigator for Dept. of Homeland Security multiphase contract, winning over $1 mil in R&D funding, the first funding outside DoD related contracts in company history • Implemented map augmentation system for pedestrian dead-reckoning (PDR), improving drift to provide over 5x the position accuracy for distance traveled



Navmatic Inc

• Head of R&D

  • Sep 2019 - Sep 2020

  • Led development on R&D algorithms that improved navigation performance across the mirco-mobility market • Built a navigation system and required dependencies from a blank page through customer deployment



Huawei Technologies

• United Kingdom
• Telecommunications
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Staff GNSS Algorithm Engineer

  • Sep 2017 - Sep 2019

  Mountian View, CA • Architect for in-house geographical database fusion with navigation solution, delivering a killer feature for Mate 20 flagship phones and beyond • Eliminated map licensing costs on hundreds of millions of devices while improving navigation performance by an order of magnitude over past solutions • Developed EKF algorithm with a small team, from prototype through production C code for vehicle dead reckoning, using tightly coupled GNSS (L1+L5) measurements, IMU and altimeter • Worked… Show more • Architect for in-house geographical database fusion with navigation solution, delivering a killer feature for Mate 20 flagship phones and beyond • Eliminated map licensing costs on hundreds of millions of devices while improving navigation performance by an order of magnitude over past solutions • Developed EKF algorithm with a small team, from prototype through production C code for vehicle dead reckoning, using tightly coupled GNSS (L1+L5) measurements, IMU and altimeter • Worked on pedestrian dead reckoning algorithm, using accelerometer FFT approach for pedestrian gate modeling, and magnetometer heading for use as KF updates for the tightly coupled GNSS algorithm Show less



u-blox

• Switzerland
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Navigation Scientist/Senior Software Engineer, Sensor Fusion Team

  • Jan 2015 - Sep 2017

  Thalwil, Switzerland • Technical manager for u-blox automotive GNSS Autonomous Dead Reckoning (ADR) products • Introduced and developed feature bringing order-of-magnitude better urban canyon positioning performance, providing street direction level position accuracy to the most difficult multipath areas • Designed and implemented embedded software feature for real-time 30Hz high rate navigation • Developed an automated sensor configuration feature for complex u-blox ADR products • Experience… Show more • Technical manager for u-blox automotive GNSS Autonomous Dead Reckoning (ADR) products • Introduced and developed feature bringing order-of-magnitude better urban canyon positioning performance, providing street direction level position accuracy to the most difficult multipath areas • Designed and implemented embedded software feature for real-time 30Hz high rate navigation • Developed an automated sensor configuration feature for complex u-blox ADR products • Experience developing features including Inertial Measurement Units (IMU), sensor fusion, GNSS and real-time Kalman filter estimation, computer vision camera based navigation, embedded software • Coded with C for embedded firmware development, C++ and Matlab for tools and testing • Solved dozens of customer integration issues critical to the team and company business Show less



Broadcom Limited

• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Navigation Scientist/Software Engineer, GPS Business Unit

  • Sep 2010 - Dec 2014

  Santa Clara, CA • Developed core navigation algorithms for hundreds of millions of mobile devices using GNSS with sensors; focusing on improving positioning robustness, accuracy and creating new location features • Designed and developed a map matching program using tightly coupled map database Kalman filter updates embedded in firmware • Designed and implemented estimation routines for real-time navigation systems, including Extended Kalman filters with consideration to memory and power constraints •… Show more • Developed core navigation algorithms for hundreds of millions of mobile devices using GNSS with sensors; focusing on improving positioning robustness, accuracy and creating new location features • Designed and developed a map matching program using tightly coupled map database Kalman filter updates embedded in firmware • Designed and implemented estimation routines for real-time navigation systems, including Extended Kalman filters with consideration to memory and power constraints • Created the Broadcom automotive GNSS+DR program, delivering a competitive automotive based positioning performance and creating a new market for sales team • Implemented and improved sensor fusion algorithms, including gyros, accelerometers, external databases, magnetometers, altimeters, and GPS base station measurement corrections Show less



University at Buffalo

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2009 - Jun 2010

  • Teaching assistant classes: - Spacecraft Dynamics and Controls - Design Methods and Processes



Lockheed Martin Corporation

• United States
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Internship

  • Jun 2008 - Sep 2009

  • Worked on new product design of new gravimeter sensor in the R&D team • Produced engineering specifications, concepts, embodiments and detailed drawings for the design • Assessed capability of MEMS technology in extreme environments, and utilized Pro/Mechanica for FEA structural analysis on components • Created library of 3D models using Pro/Engineer of parts and assemblies for release to manufacturing team