Caden Armstrong
Onshape Consultant at SmartBench Software
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolCaden Armstrong is an Onshape consultant and development lead with 12 years of software engineering experience, specializing in FeatureScript and custom Onshape-integrated applications. Based in Halifax, he has guided projects from discovery to delivery—building tools like Monarch for SolidWorks-to-Onshape migration and leading SolidTranslate development at CADSharp. His background includes CAD-to-ERP integrations and automation for build-to-order engineering, plus early research experience analyzing Kepler data and contributing backend code to the well-known astroquery project. Caden blends deep CAD domain expertise with a scientific, data-driven approach to problem solving, making him adept at tackling complex automation and migration challenges for engineering teams.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Astrophysics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Astrophysics at University of Toronto
English
Github Skills (9)
xml10
data-parsing10
python10
astronomy9
astroquery9
urllib8
unit-testing8
documentation7
gzip7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
astropy/astroquery
May 2014 - Jun 2014
Functions and classes to access online data resources. Maintainers: @keflavich and @bsipocz and @ceb8
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:35 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Caden primarily focused on developing and maintaining the `open_exoplanet_catalogue` module within the `astroquery` repository. Their contributions involved significant changes to the `oec_query.py` file, suggesting a focus on querying, parsing, and interacting with the Open Exoplanet Catalogue data. They also made updates to the testing and documentation, indicating a commitment to the module's quality and usability.
pythondataastropy-affiliatedastropyastronomy
digitalutsc/internetarchive_scripts
Jun 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:48 commits, 6 PRs, 4 pushes in 3 months
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