Larry Ruckman
TID Electronics Systems Department Head at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Menlo Park, California, United States
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Top SchoolLarry Ruckman is an electronics systems leader with 13 years of experience designing and integrating advanced instrumentation for particle physics and radiation detection at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. As TID Electronics Systems Department Head he oversees development of custom ICs, waveform digitizers, and data acquisition systems, blending deep analog and digital signal-processing expertise with hands-on testing and performance optimization. His career includes early work in precision electrical engineering at Creare and research-driven detector development during a long tenure at the University of Hawaii, giving him a rare mix of academic rigor and lab-to-facility delivery. Based in Menlo Park, he is known for translating complex experimental requirements into robust, deployable electronics systems that enable high-energy physics experiments to meet demanding timing and noise specifications.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Physics, Master of Science (M.S.), Physics at University of Hawaii at Manoa
English, Japanese
Github Skills (63)
lattice10
non-blocking10
python10
pgp10
firmware10
build-system10
abstraction10
makefile10
hardware10
vhdl10
camera10
asic10
vms10
fpga10
hdl10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
slaclab/pgp-pcie-apps
Jan 2018 - Nov 2022
Contributions:16 releases, 1 review, 218 commits in 4 years 10 months
slaclab/Simple-ZCU111-Example
Jun 2023 - Apr 2025
Contributions:8 releases, 20 pushes, 8 tags in 1 year 9 months
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