David Keck
Aerospace Technologist - Software Systems at NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Keck is an aerospace technologist and flight software developer with eight years of hands-on experience building embedded real-time systems for NASA and aviation simulation. He designs and implements end-to-end flight software, sensor integrations (DGPS, cameras, watchdogs), data serialization schemes, and ground-station tooling using C++, Python, Swift, and Java. Comfortable across the full software lifecycle, he translates science objectives into reliable architectures that handle asynchronous communication and harsh operational constraints. His background spans FAA-grade simulator avionics, small-satellite ConOps and power-safe state machines, and image-processing algorithms, reflecting both practical flight heritage and research-driven rigor. Based in Hampton, VA, he pairs academic excellence (4.0 CS major GPA) with a long history of on-site deployments and stakeholder-facing release management.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 4.0 Major GPA; 3.7 Cumulative GPA, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 4.0 Major GPA; 3.7 Cumulative GPA at Northeastern State UniversityComputer Science, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyHilldale
Github Skills (136)
python10
windows10
cpp10
linux10
imgui10
editor10
electron10
typescript10
cross-platform10
macos10
visual-studio-code10
filesystem10
pygui10
microsoft10
dearpygui10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
keck-in-space/fprime
Aug 2019 - Nov 2023
Contributions:3 pushes in 4 years 3 months
keck-in-space/python-ballcosmos
Jun 2018 - Jan 2023
Python Support for Ball Aerospace COSMOS
Contributions:2 pushes in 4 years 8 months
pythonballcosmosaerospacespacex
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