Ken Sodetz
Senior Specialist Software Engineer (IV) at L3Harris Technologies
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolKen Sodetz is a Senior Specialist Software Engineer with nine years of experience building SATCOM, ISR, and spaceborne software systems at L3Harris, blending hands-on engineering with program-level responsibilities on federal and IC-funded contracts. A Purdue CS alumnus, he has progressed through technical roles designing ground stations, GUIs, and telecom systems for launch platforms before focusing on space and airborne mission software. He combines embedded and backend development experience with machine learning and high-performance computing exposure from prior roles at USAA and Purdue's RCAC. Known for delivering prototypes to production — including a permanent mobile ground station — Ken pairs practical system integration skills with a depth of domain knowledge in space communications. Based in Washington, D.C., he brings a mission-oriented mindset and cross-disciplinary fluency that helps bridge engineering teams, stakeholders, and classified program requirements.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Purdue UniversityWest Aurora High School
English, Japanese
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Github Skills (31)
animation10
orbital10
android-messaging9
hardware9
python9
tensorflow9
deep-learning9
bash8
sms8
station7
space6
android6
linux6
math6
spice5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
purdue-orbital/ground-station-GUI
Oct 2017 - Apr 2020
Ground Station GUI Source Code for Purdue Orbital
Contributions:1 release, 206 commits, 57 PRs in 2 years 6 months
ground-stationpurdueguibashdigi-xbee
kcsodetz/Gastimate
Sep 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:56 commits, 47 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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