Summary
Josh Sackos is a software and electrical engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience designing embedded systems, FPGA SoCs, and instrumentation software for high-reliability applications, including contributions to the SHERLOC and SuperCam instruments on the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover. He pairs firmware and HDL expertise (VHDL/SystemVerilog, C/C++) with Python-driven tooling and cloud APIs to move projects from PCB and FPGA through to GUIs and deployed services. His work spans space-grade SEU mitigation for rad-hard FPGAs to a cloud-based IoT frost-mitigation system for agriculture and rapid FINTECH prototyping, showing an unusual blend of mission-critical engineering and product-focused software development. Based in Washington, he brings rigorous academic training (M.S. in Embedded Systems) and a knack for turning complex hardware requirements into maintainable software platforms.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering - Embedded Systems, 3.96, Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering - Embedded Systems, 3.96 at Portland State University
A.A.O.T, Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer, 3.69, A.A.O.T, Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer, 3.69 at Portland Community College
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering, minor Electrical Engineering, 3.67, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering, minor Electrical Engineering, 3.67 at Washington State University