David Price
Senior Principal System Engineer at Sierra Space
Addison, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Price is a Senior Principal System Engineer with 13+ years in advanced flight and embedded systems engineering and a multi-decade career designing ASICs, FPGAs, and precision-timed hardware. Currently at Sierra Space, he leads flight computer hardware and software efforts after architecting complex embedded systems and custom FPGA solutions for aerospace and commercial customers at Sierra Nevada Corporation and as an independent consultant. His expertise spans embedded Linux on ARM, mixed-signal design, signal processing, battery management, and real-time interfaces (I2C/SPI/CAN/RS-232/Ethernet), complemented by Verilog/VHDL FPGA work for precision timing. Colleagues rely on him for bridging hardware and software boundaries to deliver reliable, safety‑critical systems from concept through integration and test. Outside work he tinkers with 3D printing, web projects, and mechanical keyboards, reflecting a hands-on maker mindset that often informs pragmatic, producible engineering solutions.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Electrical Engineering, BS, Electrical Engineering at Tulane University
English, Japanese
Github Skills (136)
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uikit10
swiftui10
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avr10
activitypub10
mastodon10
ui-control10
swift10
jammer10
ludum-dare10
3d-printer10
ibdesignable10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
daprice/resume
Sep 2016 - Feb 2023
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 6 months
daprice/keyswitches.pretty
Mar 2018 - Oct 2021
KiCAD footprint library for kailh choc and MX-style mechanical switches and their associated sockets
Contributions:3 releases, 28 commits, 1 PR in 3 years 8 months
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