Alex Whittemore
Senior Avionics Engineer at Inversion
Manhattan Beach, California, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Whittemore is a Senior Avionics Engineer with 14 years of hands-on experience bridging semiconductor design, embedded systems, FPGA development, and analog/digital signal processing for space and high-performance hardware projects. Currently leading avionics work at Inversion and running a prototype-focused consultancy, he takes concepts from prototype to low-volume production while handling electrical, mechanical, firmware, and software needs. His background includes spacecraft hardware test at JPL, senior avionics at a launch company, and semiconductor verification at Lyric/Analog Devices, giving him deep test-equipment fluency and practical production insight. Equally comfortable in .NET, Python, and hardware description languages, he pairs systems-level engineering with a hacker’s curiosity—maintaining a well-equipped home lab and interests in machining, RF, and power systems. Based in Manhattan Beach, CA, he brings rare cross-domain experience ideal for cutting-edge hardware R&D, motorsports electronics, or aerospace avionics programs.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering at Boston University
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Github Skills (200)
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Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
alexwhittemore/Supercon-2019-Edge-Badge
Nov 2019 - Aug 2022
A CircuitPython project to measure/plot CO2 and activate Google Home with a laser.
Contributions:1 PR, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
pythonlaserplotgoogle-homeactivate
alexwhittemore/HotTubPi
Oct 2019 - Feb 2025
External heating controller for portable spas (Implemented as Node-Red flow on Raspberry Pi.)
Contributions:1 PR, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 4 months
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