Summary
Chirag Sirigere is an Associate FPGA Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience building avionics and embedded systems, currently contributing to hardware design at Northrop Grumman in the Greater Chicago Area. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Rose‑Hulman and is pursuing an MS in Electrical Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder, blending academic rigor with practical aerospace work. His background includes rocket electronics for Rose Propulsion Laboratory and leadership roles on Rose Rocketry teams, where he integrated RF tracking, sensor fusion (barometer, accelerometer, orientation IMUs), and Raspberry Pi-based telemetry for NASA competition flights. Comfortable across firmware, FPGA, and systems integration, he also has web and ERP development experience from an SAP Fiori internship, demonstrating versatility beyond purely hardware domains. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who connects low-level signal work to mission-level outcomes and maintains a public portfolio at cjsiri.net that surfaces his cross-disciplinary projects.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Electrical Engineering, Master of Science - MS Electrical Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder
BS Computer Engineering, BS Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Spanish, German, Japanese