Andy Kee
Optical Engineer at JPL (NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Pasadena, California, United States
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Top SchoolAndy Kee is an optical engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in wavefront sensing and control, modeling, and performance characterization across terrestrial, Martian, and Earth-orbiting systems. Based at JPL since 2015 after a senior engineering role at BAE Systems, he blends hands-on lab and systems-level analysis to close the loop between optical design and operational performance. His work supports high-stakes missions, bringing practical expertise in sensing algorithms and optical system modeling to challenging environments. Trained at University of Maryland and UCLA, he combines solid academic grounding with a curiosity-driven approach—aptly summarized in his GitHub quip, “another day, another mind boggling adventure.”
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Maryland, College ParkUniversity of California, Los Angeles
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Github Skills (21)
astronomy10
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python9
scientific-computing9
science9
tracks9
strava8
gpx8
machine-learning8
visualize8
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deck-gl7
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
andykee/lentil
Jun 2020 - Oct 2022
Heart-healthy physical optics
Contributions:24 releases, 255 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 4 months
opticsmachine-learningheartphysicalhealthy
andykee/dotfiles
Aug 2015 - Jan 2024
Contributions:84 pushes, 3 branches, 3 comments in 8 years 6 months
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