Pamela Harris
Software Engineer at National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Socorro, New Mexico, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPamela Harris is a software engineer with a decade of experience building and maintaining scientific instrumentation and data-processing software at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, combining Python and C++ development with deep operational knowledge. She collaborates directly with astronomers and engineers to translate scientific requirements into reliable observation preparation, execution, and monitor-and-control systems, while also integrating new instruments and external systems. Her background in systems administration and IT—supporting Windows and Linux environments, backups, Nagios monitoring, and NetBackup—gives her practical insight into production reliability and deployment. Based in Socorro, NM, Pamela brings a pragmatic, science-first approach to software design, pairing long-term maintenance discipline with the agility to deliver new capabilities for research teams.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering at The University of Memphis
Github Skills (36)
visualization10
buffer10
measurements10
infrared10
brain-computer-interface10
rtl-sdr10
backend10
software-defined-radio10
gnuradio10
astronomy9
signal-processing9
cosmology9
meteorology9
reduction9
cluster-computing9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
pford/casacore
Jan 2016 - Mar 2022
Suite of c++ libraries for radio astronomy data processing
Contributions:4 pushes, 5 branches in 6 years 3 months
radio-astronomydata-processingastrophysicsc-plus-pluscosmology
pford/ngcasa
May 2020 - Jun 2020
next generation CASA based on CNGI infrastructure
Contributions:8 pushes in 27 days
next-generationinfrastructurecasa
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