Zachary Meadows
Simulation Software Engineer
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZachary Meadows is a simulation software engineer with 13 years of experience delivering high-performance C++ algorithms and modeling for physics-based simulations and space systems. He currently builds pipelines, tooling, and documentation at Toyon Research Corporation in Santa Barbara to keep engineers productive and engaged. His prior work at Tyto Athene focused on space systems modeling and performance optimization, sharpening his expertise in scalable, efficient C++ development. As a Ph.D. physicist from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, he led the all-hadronic VH resonance search for ATLAS and contributed to track-fitting improvements with Kalman Filter enhancements for HL-LHC, plus multi-dimensional jet tagging optimization. He combines hands-on research with mentorship and teaching experience from his time as a graduate teaching assistant, and he is adept at turning complex physics problems into robust software solutions. Based in Santa Barbara, he bridges academia and industry with a track record of pushing the boundaries of simulation accuracy and engineering productivity.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
University of Massachusetts AmherstBachelor’s Degree, Physics, Bachelor’s Degree, Physics at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Github Skills (26)
lldb10
gcc10
gdb10
unix9
linux9
cpp9
macos8
clang8
toolchain8
imgui8
llvm8
programming-language7
interpreter7
zig7
compiler7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
zmeadows/ark
Mar 2019 - Sep 2020
Contributions:32 commits, 15 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 6 months
zmeadows/qxc
Sep 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:61 commits, 57 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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