Raymond Valdes
Director Of Systems Engineering - Satcom
Downey, California, United States
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Top SchoolRaymond Valdes is a systems engineering leader with 12 years of aerospace and satcom experience, currently directing controls, SATCOM + HPM systems, and IVV teams at ThinKom Solutions in Downey, CA. He combines hands-on thermal and systems research—evidenced by a PhD-level background and published work on thermal barrier measurement techniques—with practical program and test engineering across avionics and aerial thermal imaging. Raymond has a proven track record of moving concepts to flight-ready solutions, leading cross-cultural supplier collaboration, authoring interface control documents, and improving experimental uncertainty from 24% to 8% in his research. Comfortable in both lab and leadership roles, he leverages Modern C++, Python, and Matlab to close the loop between modeling, data, and verification. Known for mentoring and teaching early-career engineers, he brings academic rigor to product development while focusing on reliable, manufacturable SATCOM systems.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering at University of California, Santa BarbaraB.S., Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering at University of California, Irvine
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (8)
pyenchant6
boost-asio6
macos6
boost6
serial-port6
python6
qtcreator6
gcc6
Github contributions (3)
raymondvaldes/tat
Oct 2013 - Oct 2015
Contributions:1785 commits in 2 years
raymondvaldes/valdes
Jun 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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