Francesca Kukral
Physicist at Northrop Grumman
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolFrancesca Kukral is a physicist and systems engineer with 12 years of experience applying particle-physics rigor to complex software and hardware problems, currently working at Northrop Grumman. She spent over eight years at CERN and affiliated institutions doing high-energy physics research, large-scale data analysis, and detector hardware assembly and testing, and later transitioned to back-end development in a digital health startup using JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js. Skilled in C++, Python, and data mining, she bridges experimental hardware knowledge (optoelectronics, DAQ, radiation-damage studies) with production software maintenance and engineering. Francesca’s background uniquely combines hands-on detector R&D and production-grade software delivery, enabling her to translate experimental constraints into reliable systems. Based in Houston, she brings a disciplined, research-driven approach to engineering problems and a track record of shipping practical solutions across scientific and commercial domains.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Physics, with honours, Bachelor's Degree, Physics, with honours at University of California, Davis
English, French, Italian, German, Spanish
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Github Skills (24)
cms10
backbonejs10
cockpit10
edtech10
optional-chaining6
lodash6
mongodb6
nodejs6
mongodb-query6
python6
axios6
pandas6
javascript6
static-analysis3
redux2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
friccita/WG_Analysis
Mar 2019 - Sep 2020
Contributions:32 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
friccita/thesis
Apr 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:108 pushes in 10 months
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