Héctor Rengifo
Senior Scientist Software Engineer - Mission Simulation And Training
Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Top SchoolHéctor Rengifo is a Senior Scientist Software Engineer with 11+ years blending hands-on development, architecture and research across space operations, robotics, healthcare and radio astronomy. He holds a PhD in Software Engineering and has led cross-disciplinary projects—most recently guiding healthcare-focused MyDigiTwin and contributing architecturally to the federated learning framework vantage6—bridging academic rigor with production-ready systems. Known for systems thinking, he operates across levels of abstraction from reverse-engineered refactors to developer-facing artefacts, and has published empirical research on large-scale radio-astronomy systems. Comfortable translating domain complexity to stakeholders, he combines teaching and mentoring experience with a track record in open-source and consortium-driven initiatives. An uncommon strength is his ability to pair empirical validation with architecture decisions, producing solutions that are both experimentally grounded and maintainable in long-lived systems.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Computer and Systems Engineering, 4.5, Master, Computer and Systems Engineering, 4.5 at Universidad Nacional de ColombiaComputer and Systems Engineer, Computer Science, Software Engineering, 4, Computer and Systems Engineer, Computer Science, Software Engineering, 4 at Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería 'Julio Garavito'Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Software Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Software Engineering at University of Groningen
English, Spanish
Github Skills (3)
java1
shiro1
primefaces1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
hectorateci/hectorateci.github.io
Jan 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
hectorateci/spring-mvc-rest-api-base
Mar 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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