Jacob Sandler
Senior Manufacturing Engineer at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Laurel, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Sandler is a Senior Manufacturing Engineer with 11 years of experience tuning the interface between hardware production and software automation at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. He progressed from electronic assembly technician to senior engineer, bringing hands-on assembly insight to drive process improvements, automation scripts, and quality controls for complex aerospace and defense systems. With a BS in Computer Forensics and a background in business administration, he blends data-driven troubleshooting, process documentation, and manufacturing IT fluency to reduce cycle times and improve yield. Based in Laurel, Maryland, he pursues scientific curiosity off-hours—exploring detection and characterization techniques for rocky exoplanet atmospheres—which informs his methodical, measurement-first approach to engineering.
11 years of coding experience
Associate's degree, Business Administration and Management, General, Associate's degree, Business Administration and Management, General at Towson UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Forensics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Forensics at Stevenson University
Github Skills (16)
astronomy10
imaging10
planets9
julia9
python8
halo7
time-series7
journal5
open-access5
creative-commons4
inversion3
academia3
gaussian-processes3
surface3
bayesian-inference3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jlustigy/cv
Sep 2017 - Jul 2024
Contributions:111 pushes, 11 branches in 6 years 10 months
jlustigy/coronagraph
Jan 2016 - May 2020
A Python noise model for directly imaging exoplanets
Contributions:1 release, 258 commits, 5 PRs in 4 years 4 months
imagingpythonexoplanetscoronagraphspectroscopy
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