Michael Christen
Senior Software Engineer - Payload And Network at Astranis Space Technologies
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Christen is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building embedded, systems, and backend software for high-reliability domains including satellites and automated biotechnology labs. Based in San Francisco, he currently leads payload and network software at Astranis, authoring avionics, SDR, and RF control stacks and operating mission-critical systems. He previously created a simulation infrastructure used by ~100 engineers to uncover issues from operations to flight software, blending systems engineering with developer ergonomics. Earlier work at Counsyl involved scaling a 250+ microservice Python ecosystem to run a high-throughput genetic sequencing lab, demonstrating an ability to move between low-level firmware and large distributed services. He holds an MS in Computer Science and a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, and is known for applying rigorous automation to reduce operational risk in complex physical systems.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at University of Michigan
Github Skills (3)
wave2
pulse1
visualization1
Github contributions (5)
michael-christen/KinectArm
Mar 2014 - Apr 2014
Contributions:82 commits in 28 days
michael-christen/digilent_interface
Jul 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:8 commits in 7 months
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