Chad Condon
Software Engineer at BLUE ORIGIN
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChad Condon is a seasoned embedded and firmware software engineer with 11 years of experience building reliable systems for aerospace and commercial products, currently contributing at Blue Origin in the Greater Seattle area. His background spans embedded development at Northrop Grumman and Chamberlain Group, complemented by a graduate certificate in Embedded Systems Engineering from UC Irvine and a double-major in Computer Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Washington Tacoma. Chad brings practical test-first discipline to low-level code, demonstrated by meaningful contributions to the widely used CppUTest framework where he improved test infrastructure, cross-compiler compatibility, and build/test discovery. A former U.S. Army intelligence analyst, he pairs technical rigor with disciplined systems thinking and an ability to operate in high-stakes environments. He is particularly skilled at improving testability and portability of C/C++ systems, helping teams reduce platform-specific issues before deployment.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, Computer Science (double-major), Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, Computer Science (double-major) at University of Washington TacomaGraduate Certificate, Embedded Systems Engineering, Graduate Certificate, Embedded Systems Engineering at University of California, Irvine
Github Skills (11)
cpputest10
unit-testing10
c-language10
test-driven-design10
cprogramming-language10
mocker9
mocking9
mocks9
cmake9
memory-leak-detection8
unit-test8
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
cpputest/cpputest
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
CppUTest unit testing and mocking framework for C/C++
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:55 reviews, 250 commits, 170 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Chad made several commits focused on improving the CppUTest testing framework. Their contributions included adding tests for various features, refactoring existing tests, and ensuring the framework's compatibility with different compilers and environments. A significant portion of their work involved enhancing the test infrastructure, including the build process and test discovery mechanisms. They addressed code quality issues by resolving warnings and ensuring consistency across different platforms.
cpputestunit-testingcpptestingtest-framework
thetic/klipper-config
Feb 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:233 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 1 month
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