Dar Dahlen
Applications Developer
Pasadena, California, United States
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Top SchoolDar Dahlen is an applications developer with 11 years of hands-on experience solving high-complexity engineering problems across orbital dynamics, quantum computing, and high-power optics. He most recently worked at SpaceX on Starlink constellation planning—scheduling links across 1700+ satellites—and now applies applied-math rigor to orbital tools at Caltech. Previously he built a full control stack for UC Berkeley’s quantum hardware, spanning Python UIs to low-level hardware control and custom RF hardware, and led compilation and benchmarking work in industry. Comfortable from firmware and FPGA work up through systems software, he combines extensive lab skills (clean rooms, dilution refrigerators, multi-kW lasers) with production-grade coding in Python and C++. Based in Pasadena, he brings a rare blend of experimental craftsmanship and applied-math precision to software problems that bridge hardware and large-scale distributed systems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Applied Mathematics, Bachelor's Degree, Applied Mathematics at University of Oregon
English
Stackoverflow
16reputation
38reached
1answer
0questions
Github Skills (79)
benchmark10
null-safety10
vlang10
javascript10
sdk10
golang10
quantum-computing10
java10
vue10
csharp10
kotlin10
kotlin-native10
julia9
science9
rust9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dahlend/CompressedSensing.jl
Nov 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:67 commits, 2 pushes in 4 months
compressedcompressed-sensingsensingjulia
Caltech-IPAC/kete
Sep 2024 - Mar 2025
Kete Solar System Survey tools
Contributions:17 releases, 12 reviews, 92 PRs in 6 months
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