Aaron Chen
Principal Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman
Tustin, California, United States
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Top SchoolAaron Chen is a Principal Software Engineer based in Tustin, California with seven years of experience building embedded systems, XR/VR applications, and tooling for aerospace and communications firms. He currently prototypes embedded cockpit software and drives digital twin pipelines at Northrop Grumman, cutting iteration time by 300% while developing immersive Unity experiences for Varjo XR-3. Previously at Boeing he engineered intelligent wiring-diagram software for C-17 support, optimized large 3D aircraft models to run smoothly on XR devices, and led cross-platform XR feature development. Early work includes C++/Qt desktop systems and networked SIP test tooling, reflecting strong full-stack firmware-to-application skills. He combines practical performance optimization (multi-million polygon decimation, query speedups) with UX-minded product design and hands-on leadership in greenfield products. Outside work he has taught Python and mentored student teams, signaling a commitment to knowledge transfer and pragmatic mentorship.
7 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Irvine
Github Skills (47)
web-application10
django10
uci10
discovery10
rapidapi10
react10
javascript9
video-encoding9
python9
scraper9
stream9
hls-stream8
youtube8
stock8
animation7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
icssc/peterportal-client
Jan 2021 - Oct 2022
A web application to aid UCI students with course discovery and planning.
Contributions:43 reviews, 344 commits, 159 PRs in 1 year 9 months
reactpythonicsscucidjango
chenaaron3/Stonks
Jul 2020 - Sep 2021
Generates buy and sell signals based on selected technical indicators. Scans thousands of stocks in US stock exchanges.
Contributions:171 commits, 88 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 3 months
stock-marketexchangestechnical-indicatorsstockindicators
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