Michael Da Silva
GNC Software Engineer at Apex - Spacecraft Manufacturing
Thousand Oaks, California, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Da Silva is a GNC software engineer with 15 years of multidisciplinary experience spanning aerospace research, machine learning for semiconductor processes, and spacecraft manufacturing. He bridges rigorous physics-based research (Naval Research Laboratory, Johns Hopkins, PhD-level aerospace work) with hands-on engineering—writing C++/Python ML models, building automated trading systems, and designing test hardware in SolidWorks. At companies from ASML to Relativity Space and Apex, he has delivered simulation-driven solutions for guidance, navigation, and control as well as production-focused tooling and automated testers. Comfortable across the stack, he combines high-performance computing, embedded ML, and mechatronics to turn scientific hypotheses into deployable systems. A remote-savvy senior engineer and co-founder, he pairs entrepreneurial initiative with deep experimental and simulation expertise to optimize both algorithms and real-world hardware.
15 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Science Chemistry & Physics, Bachelor's of Science Chemistry & Physics at California Lutheran UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at University of MarylandMaster's Degree Applied Physics with an Emphasis in Photonics, Master's Degree Applied Physics with an Emphasis in Photonics at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering
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Github Skills (200)
encrypt10
web-application10
workspace10
hyper10
solidus10
certbot10
act10
modular10
redactor10
touchscreen10
html10
vte10
json10
ghost10
nodejs10
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
bsodmike/axum-rest-starter-example
Jan 2022 - Jan 2022
Quick demo of a REST frontend with a Redis session store.
Contributions:95 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 13 days
redisredis-sessionsession-storesession-cookiefrontend
bsodmike/Yubikey-GPG-SSH-FIDO2-MFA-ZeroTrust
Oct 2021 - Apr 2022
Contributions:14 commits, 9 pushes in 5 months
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