Experience
Sep. 2026 - Dec. 2026

SpaceX

GNC Software Engineer Intern

Redmond, WA, USA

I'll be joining SpaceX Starlink Constellation team this fall (2026), working on satellite imaging systems.

Jun. 2026 - Sep. 2026

General Atomics

Software Engineer Intern

San Diego, CA, USA

I'm currently working at General Atomics this summer (2026), as part of the Electromagnetic Defense Systems team.

Jan. 2025 - Present

BruinSpace at UCLA

Flight Software Team, Project RAPID

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Building, write unit tests, and refining CircuitPython-based flight software and sensor driver interfaces for the RAPID-0 spacecraft.

Sep. 2024 - Aug. 2025

California Polytechnic State University

Undergraduate Researcher

Pomona, CA, USA

UAV trajectory estimation and 3D reconstruction using ORB-SLAM and RTAB-Map. Integrated SLAM with YOLO for real-time navigation. Research under Dr. Bhandari and Prof. Ramirez.

Jun. 2024 - Sep. 2024

California Polytechnic State University

Research Intern

Pomona, CA, USA

High-performance UAV image processing using multi-core processing and GPU-acceleration in raw C++. Research under Dr. Korah and Prof. Ramirez. Paper published at AIAA SciTech 2025.

Side Projects
Frequency-Domain

Frequency-Domain

Topics: Image Restoration, Edge-enhancement

High-performance digital image processing library featuring CUDA's Fast Fourier Transform and frequency-domain filtering for noise reduction, edge enhancement, and frequency-selective processing.

C++
C
CUDA
Signal Processing
Parallel SIMD Path Tracer

Parallel SIMD Path Tracer

Topics: Optimization, Rendering, Ray Tracing

An optimized path tracer with 3D model importing, implemented from Peter Shirley’s classic ray tracing series: Ray Tracing in One Weekend. Written in modern C++, enhanced with SIMD intrinsics and OpenMP multithreading for better performance.

C++
SIMD
OpenMP
FPGA Verilog Space Invaders

FPGA Verilog Space Invaders

Topics: Something small and fun

An implementation of the arcade classic Space Invaders on a Basys3 FPGA using Verilog, implementing VGA video output, sprite rendering, and AABB collision detection.

FPGA
Verilog
Chladni Patterns Generator

Chladni Patterns Generator

Topics: Scientific Programming, Partial Differential Equations

A Python scientific computing project to search and generate an unlimited number of Chladni patterns by solving 2D partial differential wave and Biharmonic wave equations on both Cartesian and Polar coordinates.

Python
Partial Differential Equations
2D Physics Engine

2D Physics Engine

Topics: Physics Simulation, Numerical Methods

An attempt to implement physics from scratch in C++. Implemented Euler (explicit/implicit), Verlet, and RK4 integration for accurate motion, along with rigid-body collision detection and a spatial grid for optimization.

C++
SFML
CMake
SLAM Point Cloud Generation and YOLO Command Line Wrapper

SLAM Point Cloud Generation and YOLO Command Line Wrapper

Topics: Object Detection, Visual SLAM

Point cloud generation and plotting for ORB-SLAM3, a collection of two repositories, including a command-line wrapper and a point cloud generator. Utilized two versions of YOLO: v4 for C++ and v11 for Python.

C
C++
Python
ORB SLAM
YOLO
Publication
  • Accelerated Image Stitching Via Parallel Computing for UAV Applications thumbnail

    [1]R. Ramirez, J. Korah, S. Bhandari, D. D. Le, Y. Chen, and T. Nguyen, “Accelerated Image Stitching Via Parallel Computing for UAV Applications,” in Proc. AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, Orlando, FL, USA, Jan. 2025.

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Technical Profile

Platform

I work primarily on Linux (Debian and Ubuntu Desktop/Server), but I can also work reasonably well with Windows via WSL2 and MSVC, albeit reluctantly

MCU / GPU / FPGA

STM32 · NVIDIA Jetson Nano · NVIDIA RTX 4070 · Arduino Mini · Digilent Basys 3 Artix-7

Languages

C++ · C · Python · CUDA · LaTeX · JS/TS

Boost · Eigen · OpenMPI · PyTorch · CUDA Toolkit · NumPy and SciPy · OpenGL · Vulkan · SFML · OpenCV · ORB SLAM · Drogon · Express

GCC · Clang · NVCC · CMake · GNU Make · Git · Docker · GDB · NVIDIA Nsight · ROS 2 · Perf · Valgrind · Google Benchmark · GTest · Qt

Engineering Software

LTspice · AMD Vivado · KiCAD · IDA · Gazebo

Technical Interests

PDEs · High-performance Systems · Computer Vision · Digital Image Processing · Visual SLAM · Photogrammetry · GPUs · Autonomy