Max Opgenoord
Principal, System Optimization
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMax Opgenoord is a computational engineer and principal in system optimization with a decade of experience applying physics-based models and optimization to electrification and aerospace programs. He has led design efforts from electric race cars and Hyperloop vehicles to electric delivery drones and aircraft, and at Amazon built EV-aware allocation and load-management tools that will save the company billions in operating costs. Comfortable at the intersection of research and product, he thrives in early-stage programs where modeling choices shape long-term strategy and procurement decisions. Max combines deep academic training (PhD from MIT) in aero/astronautical engineering with hands-on systems thinking, having co-founded competitive engineering teams and a startup CTO role. Based in Portland, he brings rare expertise in translating multidisciplinary simulation and convex/non-convex optimization into high-impact business outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGymnasium NG & NT, Gymnasium NG & NT at Trevianum ScholengroepBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Aerospace Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology
Github Skills (78)
linked-data9
terminusdb9
geometric9
database8
graph-database8
tikz8
aws8
cms7
collaboration7
event-handling7
nosql7
java7
document-database7
equation7
julia6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mopg/intrico.jl
Nov 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:66 commits, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 9 months
mopg/Tikz.jl
Apr 2018 - Oct 2022
Julia package to write Tikz files
Contributions:1 review, 14 commits, 1 PR in 4 years 6 months
julia-packagetikzjulia-languagejulia
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