Ethan Apodaca
Hardware Engineer at Nikola Motor Company
Peoria, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolEthan Apodaca is a hardware engineer with 12 years of experience designing and validating products for Defense & Space and automotive industries, currently driving hardware development at Nikola Motor Company. He brings deep expertise in DO-160 environmental testing, V&V, CAD, SystemVerilog, and end-to-end product development honed during multi-year roles at Honeywell Aerospace. Ethan’s background combines a B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with hands-on research experience automating LIDAR systems at the USDA, reflecting a practical blend of systems thinking and embedded control. Known for translating rigorous aerospace requirements into manufacturable hardware, he’s comfortable working across disciplines from PCB/firmware to qualification testing. Based in Peoria, AZ, he pairs methodical engineering discipline with an eye for product-level integration and reliability.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, GPA: 3.5, Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, GPA: 3.5 at Arizona State UniversityAssociate of Arts - AA, Art/Art Studies, General, GPA: 3.8, Associate of Arts - AA, Art/Art Studies, General, GPA: 3.8 at Estrella Mountain Community College
Github Skills (162)
keyboard10
nrf5284010
kicad10
cortex-m9
cortex9
firmware9
graphql-playground9
taglib9
monorepo8
command-line-tool8
readability8
url-parsing8
react8
que8
scraper8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
papodaca/graphql_playground-rails
Apr 2018 - Dec 2021
An engine to provide GraphQL Playground on Rails
Contributions:3 releases, 10 commits, 20 PRs in 3 years 8 months
railsrubygraphqlgraphql-playgroundplayground
TeamBazooka/Jarvis
Mar 2018 - Dec 2024
Contributions:13 PRs, 112 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 10 months
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