Philip Romano
Flight Software Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, California, United States
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Top SchoolPhilip Romano is a Flight Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building mission-critical software at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, based in Pasadena. He specializes in embedded and flight software systems, bringing practical expertise from earlier work at Johns Hopkins APL where he developed automated firmware generation and GPU-accelerated radar simulation tools. Comfortable navigating the constraints of space-grade hardware and verification workflows, he pairs rigorous engineering practices with hands-on coding and tooling. Philip’s background in computer science from the University of Maryland underpins a focus on robust, auditable software for high-assurance missions. He prefers pragmatic automation to reduce manual test overhead and has a track record of turning complex requirements into repeatable, validated pipelines. Colleagues describe him as quietly methodical—someone who anticipates edge cases before they become flight risks.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Maryland, College ParkGithub contributions (5)
quadcopter5/quadcopter
Aug 2013 - Jun 2014
Contributions:88 commits in 9 months
pjromano/ChipotleKeyboard
Apr 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:1 push, 2 branches in 28 days
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