David Price
Senior Principal System Engineer at Sierra Space
Addison, Texas, United States
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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
25 years of employment as a software developer
BS Electrical Engineering, BS Electrical Engineering at Tulane University
English, Japanese
Github Skills (162)
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activitypub10
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swift10
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Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
daprice/resume
Sep 2016 - Feb 2023
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 6 months
daprice/PiHoles
Mar 2016 - Sep 2021
An OpenSCAD library to assist with designing Raspberry Pi accessories
Contributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 6 pushes in 5 years 7 months
accessoriesraspberry-piraspberryassistopenscad
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