Steven Doran
Flight Software Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Oak Park, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteven Doran is a flight software engineer with a multi-decade background in aerospace and defense software, currently designing and delivering flight software at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His career spans hands-on engineering roles at Lockheed Martin, Litton, L3 Communications, and a long tenure as a software lead at Northrop Grumman before joining JPL, blending embedded systems expertise with systems engineering rigor. He holds advanced degrees in systems engineering and computer science (Johns Hopkins, Loyola Marymount) and a BS in computer science from Embry‑Riddle, grounding him in both theory and mission-critical practice. Known for translating complex requirements into robust, verifiable software for high-assurance systems, he brings institutional memory and leadership to multidisciplinary teams. Based in Oak Park, California, he combines deep legacy experience with current work on cutting-edge flight systems, offering rare continuity across multiple generations of aerospace programs.
2 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins UniversityMS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at Loyola Marymount UniversityBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Github Skills (4)
embedded10
object-oriented-programming10
cpp10
raspberry-pi9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
bitWarrior/fprime
Dec 2024 - Mar 2025
F´ - A flight software and embedded systems framework
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes in 3 months
bitWarrior/bitWarrior
Jan 2024 - Jun 2024
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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