Rick Kwan
Computer Scientist
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorRick Kwan is a multidisciplinary computer scientist with 12 years of hands-on experience building software for embedded systems, IoT, aerospace simulation, and VLSI CAD. Based in Palo Alto, he pairs systems-level C/C++ and Python expertise with deep familiarity across UNIX, Linux, macOS, and mobile toolchains (ADK/NDK and iOS) to deliver robust, low-level solutions. His work spans astrodynamics, flight simulation, and small-satellite and UAV programs, where he often serves as advisor or technical collaborator on launch vehicle and avionics projects. Equally comfortable prototyping hardware-integrated systems and contributing to higher-level tooling, he brings a practical, multidisciplinary mindset to complex engineering problems. Currently studying machine learning, he blends traditional systems engineering with emerging data-driven techniques to explore novel aerospace and digital-systems applications. An understated strength is his ability to translate domain-specific simulation and modeling needs into maintainable software architectures.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (57)
matlab8
aircraft8
flight-simulation8
simulation7
orbital-mechanics7
dynamics7
macos6
astrodynamics6
windows6
linux6
python6
serialization6
robotics6
javascript6
protobuf5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kwan0xfff/fmtk
Feb 2014 - Aug 2018
Contributions:112 commits, 6 pushes, 4 comments in 4 years 7 months
kwan0xfff/SamsPy
Jan 2014 - May 2021
Contributions:1 release, 37 commits, 13 pushes in 7 years 5 months
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