Patrick Brandt
Engineer Group Lead, Software at National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Socorro, New Mexico, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick Brandt is an experienced software engineer and current Engineer Group Lead at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory with 17 years building real-time, distributed control systems for world-class radio telescopes. He specializes in performance-oriented C++, Python, algorithms, and low-level hardware interfacing, having owned over a million lines of multi-threaded control code across VLA, VLBA, ALMA and ngVLA projects. Patrick blends operational leadership—managing observatory software for the VLA and VLBA—with hands-on development of predictive maintenance, configuration management, and data visualization tools like CARTA. Based in Socorro, NM, he pairs steady, level-headed engineering with a practical maker’s instinct (and a noted enthusiasm for two-wheeled adventures), enabling reliable systems that bridge hardware and complex scientific workflows.
17 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Computer Engineering Computer Science, Bachelor Computer Engineering Computer Science at West Virginia University
Github Skills (26)
measurements7
infrared7
brain-computer-interface7
midi6
mass-spectrometry6
reduction6
meteorology6
cosmology6
software-defined-radio5
gnuradio5
rtl-sdr5
hpc-applications5
grib5
signal-processing5
synthesizer5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nrao/ValonSynth
Jun 2011 - May 2016
Contributions:34 commits, 12 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 11 months
midisynthesizer
patbrandt/units
Sep 2015 - Aug 2018
Contributions:25 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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