Ryan Gustafson
Lead, Software Engineer at L3Harris Technologies
Alabama, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Gustafson is a seasoned software engineering leader with 13 years of professional experience and over 20 years of hands-on engineering background, currently leading a team at L3Harris Technologies on controller and STE software. He has deep expertise in embedded and real-time systems, having driven RS-25 and AR-22 engine software development, hotfire test support, and the integration of Simulink-generated C++ into real-time control environments. Skilled in estimation, program management, and translating complex system requirements into testable software designs, he has repeatedly enabled development ahead of hardware through emulation and fault-injection tools. An active contributor to the well-known PMD static analysis project, he has improved Ecmascript and C/C++ analysis rules and fixed resource-leak issues, reflecting attention to code quality and tooling. Based in Alabama, he pairs practical aerospace domain knowledge with a University of Michigan BSE in Computer Science and a track record of mentoring and leading multi-disciplinary teams. Notably, he blends low-level embedded problem solving with program-level planning, making him effective across engineering and managerial responsibilities.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BSE, Computer Science, BSE, Computer Science at University of Michigan
Github Skills (9)
linter10
javas10
code-analysis10
static-analysis10
ecmascript10
pmd10
java10
cprogramming-language9
c-language9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
pmd/pmd
Feb 2016 - May 2018
An extensible multilanguage static code analyzer.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 PRs, 110 comments, 5 issues in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Ryan contributed to the development of the PMD static code analyzer, focusing on enhancements for Ecmascript and C/C++ code analysis. They implemented the "AvoidTrailingComma" rule for Ecmascript, and introduced a `ContinuationReader` to handle C/C++ continuation characters. Additionally, the user addressed file resource loading, resolving a potential resource leak issue. The user also made related test code changes for the above.
lintercode-analyzercode-qualityresharperstatic-code-analyzer
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