Ben Hilburn
Chief Engineer, Space at Anduril Industries
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Hilburn is a seasoned engineering leader with 15+ years driving software-defined radio, embedded systems, and cloud-based RF strategy across startups and hyperscale firms. He has led flagship open-source efforts like GNU Radio, managed USRP product engineering at Ettus Research, and directed AI-for-physical-layer engineering at DeepSig before shaping Azure Space & Spectrum strategy at Microsoft. Currently a Chief Engineer at Anduril and co-founder of an integrated spectrum warfare group, he blends hands-on low-level driver and firmware expertise with product and business leadership. A committed open-source steward, Ben has influenced tooling and community governance (including contributions to high-impact repos and open hardware licensing) that accelerated virtualization and interoperability in space communications. He’s equally comfortable debugging SPI on a radio board as he is designing hybrid-cloud RF architectures, and he favors inclusive leadership that builds sustainable communities around technical products. Based in Washington, D.C., he combines academic training in computer engineering with a practical track record of turning SDR research into deployable systems.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech
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Github Skills (30)
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Powerlevel9k/powerlevel9k
Dec 2014 - Apr 2020
Powerlevel9k was a tool for building a beautiful and highly functional CLI, customized for you. P9k had a substantial impact on CLI UX, and its legacy is now continued by P10k.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:10 releases, 549 commits, 375 PRs in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Ben's commits primarily focus on setting up and configuring various Zsh plugin managers and themes within a Vagrant virtual machine environment. Their work includes writing shell scripts (e.g., `prezto.sh`, `omz.sh`, `antigen.sh`) to install and configure tools like Prezto, Oh My Zsh, and Antigen, along with integrating the powerlevel9k theme. The user is creating repeatable and automated setups using shell scripts for a terminal environment that enhances the user experience. These scripts include setup for various Linux systems, as evidenced by the inclusion of apt-get installs and configuring user accounts.
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EttusResearch/uhd
Feb 2012 - Jan 2015
The USRP™ Hardware Driver Repository
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer
Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:13 commits, 2 comments, 4 issues in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily focused on low-level driver development and hardware interaction within the USRP Hardware Driver Repository. Their contributions include fixing hardware drivers for specific WBX and SBX boards, addressing issues related to ADF4351 dividers, and optimizing the TX mixer. They also contributed to the documentation, clarifying aspects of the N2XX USRP, and correcting SPI comments. The user appears to be working with hardware components, and board configurations.
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