Summary
Jason Gutel is a director-level embedded systems engineer with a decade of experience designing software-defined radios and space-grade computer systems. He excels at integrating Linux, bare-metal firmware, and FPGA designs on SoCs (notably Xilinx Zynq and i.MX/PolarFire platforms) and has led teams through bring-up, kernel work, and device driver development for satellite radios. His career spans hands-on RTL and FPGA testbench work, production-focused board bring-up, and automation of unit-to-system-level testing for high-reliability space programs. At Voyager Space he led radio systems engineering and at Vast he progressed from staff to director roles, demonstrating both technical depth and people leadership. He pairs academic research on PHY/DTN for Zynq SoCs with practical lab debugging using oscilloscopes, spectrum and logic analyzers, and has a track record of translating schematic-level designs into flight-ready hardware and software. Based in Long Beach, CA, he brings a rare combination of firmware-to-FPGA fluency and operational experience shipping space-qualified systems.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts (A.A.), Associate of Arts (A.A.) at Hillsborough College
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of North Florida
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Engineering at University of Florida