Summary
Rick Lund is a seasoned Senior Software Engineer with decades of experience building everything from device drivers and embedded firmware to high-performance UI and signal analysis software. He leads development of spectrum analyzer products at Keysight, combining a hardware-software mixed background with a pragmatic focus on reliable, efficient code that works in the field. A self-described generalist, Rick excels at tight, real-time systems and has shipped complex, multi-continent projects and architectures while mentoring cross-functional teams. His roots tracing back to an Atari 800 inform a lifelong obsession with squeezing performance from limited hardware, and he recently poured that expertise into the UXA signal analyzer UX and analysis features. Holding BS degrees in Electrical and Computer Science Engineering from UC Davis, he brings rare depth across low-level assembly, embedded systems, modern C++/C#, and graphics stacks.
5 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Electrical Engineering, BS, Electrical Engineering at University of California at Davis
English, German