Arthur Eigenbrot
Instrumentation Calibration Engineer
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolArthur Eigenbrot is an instrumentation calibration engineer with 11 years of experience turning raw telescope data into scientifically useful products at the National Solar Observatory, backed by a PhD in Astronomy from UW–Madison. He blends hands-on software development for complex astronomical instruments with practical systems ops experience gained running an 80-server enterprise at the South Pole. His background includes building and testing novel instrumentation, automating fiber-optic test rigs, and teaching large undergraduate astronomy courses, demonstrating both technical breadth and clear communication. An active contributor to the astropy project’s documentation, he focuses on making sophisticated scientific tools accessible and reliable. Based in Denver, he seeks steady streams of interesting technical challenges where rigorous problem-solving and attention to data integrity matter most.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astronomy at University of Wisconsin-MadisonBachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics at Harvey Mudd College
English
Github Skills (7)
fits10
astropy10
sphinx10
documentation10
astronomy9
astrophysics9
python6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
astropy/astropy
Oct 2019 - Oct 2019
Astronomy and astrophysics core library
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 15 comments in 14 days
Contributions summary:Arthur primarily focused on improving and expanding the documentation for the `astropy/astropy` repository. Their contributions included adding sections on creating multi-extension FITS files and structural keywords, along with updates to existing sections. These changes involved modifying and reorganizing documentation files, updating examples, and incorporating suggestions from other contributors, demonstrating a focus on clarity and accuracy in the documentation.
astrologypythonscienceastrophysicsastrodynamics
eigenbrot/eigenbrot.github.io
Jul 2016 - Feb 2024
Contributions:353 PRs, 110 pushes, 91 branches in 7 years 8 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.