Laura Smith-velazquez
Staff Engineer - Human Factors at Northrop Grumman
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
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Top SchoolLaura Smith-Velazquez is a Staff Engineer in Human Factors with 8+ years of experience translating human-systems integration and autonomy research into deployable aerospace and aviation products. Her career spans roles at Northrop Grumman, Collins Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, and Charles River Analytics, where she led human-centered intelligent systems and cognitive engineering efforts for new market entry and innovation. A licensed pilot, former squadron commander, and astronaut candidate, she pairs operational aviation experience with rigorous MS training in Human Factors to unearth real user needs and design resilient autonomous systems. She also contributes to open-source reverse-engineering tooling—improving taint analysis and instruction disassembly in the panda dynamic-analysis framework—bringing low-level systems insight to safety-critical design. Known for nonlinear, creative problem solving, she consistently converts complex interdisciplinary requirements into actionable products and partnerships.
8 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
MS Human Factors and Systems, MS Human Factors and Systems at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
French, cherokee
Github Skills (9)
assembly10
c-language10
reverse-engineering10
cprogramming-language10
dynamic-analysis10
taint10
x8610
capstone9
qemu7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
panda-re/panda
Apr 2018 - Jan 2023
Platform for Architecture-Neutral Dynamic Analysis
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:120 commits, 105 PRs, 128 comments in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Laura contributed to the Panda framework, focusing on dynamic analysis and reverse engineering. They implemented features related to disassembling x86 processor instructions and added functionality to the taint2 plugin. This involved modifying core components, such as the callstack instruction plugin, and adding a feature to remove taint from bytes based on control bit conditions. Furthermore, the user improved the taint propagation logic.
dynamic-analysiscrosswordtest-datapandareanalysis
LauraLMann/panda
May 2018 - Mar 2024
Platform for Architecture-Neutral Dynamic Analysis
Contributions:8 pushes, 52 branches in 5 years 10 months
dynamic-analysisarchitecture
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