David Hopper
Manager, System Calibration
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Hopper is a systems calibration and quantum technology leader with 11 years of experience building and operationalizing complex optical-electronic systems and data-driven feedback loops. Currently managing system calibration at PsiQuantum after roles at MITRE Engenuity and imec, he blends hands-on instrumentation (MATLAB, FPGA, Python) and nanofabrication expertise with program-level strategy, consortium management, and tech transfer. He has led multi-institution R&D projects, established satellite R&D centers in the US, and helped license a quantum-enabled semiconductor failure-analysis product into a startup. Comfortable bridging science, business, and operations, he also mentors teams and has entrepreneurial roots as a Pennvention finalist and co-founder of OutcoSF. Not obvious from titles: he frequently embeds real-time control and versioned lab software into hardware projects, turning experimental prototypes into reproducible, production-ready systems.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Physics at Penn State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Physics at University of Pennsylvania
EnglishGithub contributions (5)
davidhopper/curate
May 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:43 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
boisterousspatula/curate
May 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:126 commits, 40 PRs, 25 pushes in 28 days
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