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 (24)
noise10
astronomy9
planets9
imaging9
electrophysiology9
python8
modeling6
halo6
julia5
time-series5
journal5
academia4
creative-commons4
open-access4
bayesian3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
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
pythonimagingelectrophysiologynoiseexoplanets
jlustigy/ExoJulia
Apr 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:132 commits, 60 PRs, 123 pushes in 9 months
julia-packagemodelingexoplanetjulia
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