Christopher Figueroa
Engineer Of Radiological Controls at Naval Nuclear Laboratory (FMP)
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolChristopher Figueroa is a chemical and nuclear engineer with a decade of hands-on experience applying radiation controls and systems engineering to nuclear cleanup, small modular reactor validation, and radiological measurements. Currently an Engineer of Radiological Controls at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory, he has led commissioning and troubleshooting of robotic decontamination systems, developed SMR safety vignettes and control-room procedures, and automated radiation analysis workflows with Python during research at UC Berkeley. His background bridges field operations, regulatory configuration management, and analytical modeling (including VIPRE-01 core analysis), enabling practical solutions that improve safety and efficiency. Based in San Diego, he combines academic training from UC Berkeley and an MS in Analytics from Georgia Tech with a pragmatic focus on making nuclear power and waste handling more reliable and deployable.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical & Nuclear Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical & Nuclear Engineering at University of California, BerkeleyGrossmont CollegeMaster of Science - MS, Analytics, Master of Science - MS, Analytics at Georgia Institute of Technology
English, Spanish
Github Skills (3)
measurements9
spectral9
gamma8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
Canonicus777/hello-world
Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
javapython
bearing/radwatch-analysis
Aug 2016 - Jan 2017
For spectral analysis tools for gamma and NAA measurements.
Contributions:89 commits, 7 PRs, 86 pushes in 5 months
measurementsanalysis-toolsgammaspectralspectral-analysis
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