Ian Golsby
Starlink Hardware Reliability Engineer at SpaceX
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIan Golsby is a hardware reliability engineer at SpaceX working on Starlink, bringing nine years of hands-on experience across engineering, analysis, software development, and AI. A 2024 graduate of Louisiana Tech with dual degrees in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics plus a CS minor, he has blended academic R&D—building custom web servers, REST APIs, and AI systems—with production-focused roles at SpaceX. Ian’s background spans interdisciplinary satellite ground-station projects, reliability engineering, and end-to-end tooling for university engineering operations, showing a knack for identifying workflow inefficiencies and shipping practical solutions. He also contributes to hobby full-stack projects like an incremental space-mining game, demonstrating front-end polish and feature work beyond his core reliability domain. Colleagues would describe him as curious and self-driven, often exploring unfamiliar technologies through side projects that inform his day job.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, General Studies, High School Diploma, General Studies at Caddo Magnet High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mathematics at Louisiana Tech University
Github Skills (5)
html10
javascript10
gameplay10
videogames10
ui-design9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
sparticle999/SpaceCompany
Jun 2017 - Aug 2020
An incremental game about Space Mining
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:40 commits, 35 PRs, 1 comment in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Ian primarily contributed to the front-end development of the incremental game "Space Company." They improved descriptions, fixed typos in the HTML, and added new features. The user implemented achievements and added a Kardashev calculation, modifying multiple HTML, JavaScript, and CSS files. They also integrated new loading messages and UI elements for T4 batteries.
incrementalgameminingincremental-game
IanGolsby/Cookie-Clicker-Cloneish
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:4 PRs, 52 pushes, 3 branches in 4 days
web-devdevjavascriptpracticingclicker
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