Jesse Ward
Senior Avionics Test Automation Engineer
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolJesse Ward is a Senior Avionics Test Automation Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience designing and operating spacecraft test campaigns, currently leading avionics test automation at Rocket Lab. He combines space-systems engineering, radiation-effects screening, and mechanical design expertise from a Master’s at STARLab with practical skills in thermal-vacuum, vibration, RF testing, and GSE development. Jesse architects automated test infrastructure (Kubernetes/Argo CD/Helm) and end-to-end data capture pipelines that deliver traceable, auditable results for multi-rack spacecraft environments. He also brings embedded firmware and parts-screening experience from graduate research and led mechanical development of the Iris CubeSat, including migration of CAD workflows and burn-wire deployments. Outside of aerospace he’s an active open-source developer (OpenNaja), having reverse-engineered game file formats and shipped tooling that improved team productivity—evidence of a pragmatic, curious engineer who bridges lab, software, and hardware domains.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science - MS Mechanical Engineering at University of ManitobaHigh School Diploma Science, High School Diploma Science at West Kildonan Collegiate
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Github Skills (34)
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game-development9
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android6
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linux6
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munin6
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azerothcore5
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Github contributions (5)
harlequinzeg0/Sentinel-Class
Sep 2023 - Oct 2023
Contributions:59 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
harlequinzeg0/Harlequin-Class
Sep 2023 - Oct 2023
Contributions:47 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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