Austin Mroczek
Senior Scientific And Technical Manager, Rapid Prototyping at Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAustin Mroczek is a seasoned space systems leader with two decades of experience building teams and delivering smallsat and satellite capabilities for maritime, surveillance, weather, and communications missions. He has a proven track record across the U.S. government space community—growing a Naval smallsat effort from one person to nearly one hundred and driving policy changes adopted in the White House’s 2016 small satellite initiative. Technically grounded with an MS in Systems Engineering Management and hands-on software contributions to notable open-source projects like Home Assistant, he blends systems engineering, MBSE, and rapid prototyping to turn complex requirements into flown hardware. At NAVWAR/NAVWAR-affiliated commands he led multi‑million dollar prototyping portfolios, quantified space impacts for senior leadership, and enabled whole-of-government licensing and spectrum reforms. Colleagues know him as a coalition builder who secures resources, mentors diverse teams, and pairs program-level strategy with pragmatic technical execution. Based in San Diego, he combines operational Navy experience with engineering and business development chops to accelerate space-enabled maritime advantage.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering at Illinois Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science (M.S.) Systems Engineering Management, Master of Science (M.S.) Systems Engineering Management at Naval Postgraduate School
English
Github Skills (8)
asynchronous10
iot10
sensor10
python10
home-automation10
async10
asyncio10
testing10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
home-assistant/core
Apr 2019 - Jan 2023
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:129 reviews, 42 commits, 63 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Austin primarily contributed to the implementation of binary sensors and buttons for the TotalConnect integration within the Home Assistant core. Their work involved adding new diagnostic sensors, handling different device classes, and improving the logic for existing sensors. They also focused on enhancing device information and adding button functionalities, indicating a strong focus on extending the integration's capabilities. The user was responsible for refactoring and testing these new components.
raspberry-pipythonhouseprivacy-firstasyncio
austinmroczek/home-assistant.github.io
Dec 2017 - Dec 2024
:blue_book: Jekyll project to generate home-assistant.io
Contributions:33 PRs, 75 pushes, 41 branches in 7 years 2 months
jekyll-projectblueassistanthome-assistantjekyll
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