Tiago Silva
Principal System Engineer at Collins Aerospace
Sterling, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTiago Silva is a Principal Systems Engineer at Collins Aerospace with nine years of experience specializing in guidance, navigation, and control for both manned and optionally unmanned aircraft. A University of Illinois MS graduate in Aerospace Engineering, he has led control development across multiple platforms to improve ride quality, safety, and robustness while working closely with customers. His work spans autopilot and controller design, sensor evaluation metrics, navigation tool development, and embedded systems implementation. Prior roles in spacecraft thermal simulation, optimization, and flexible-structure dynamics give him a rare cross-domain perspective that informs practical, systems-level solutions. Based in Sterling, VA, he combines hands-on engineering with customer-facing leadership to deliver flight-critical software for complex aerospace systems.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignAddison Trail High School
Italian
Github Skills (81)
google-cloud-firestore10
handheld10
breakout9
ubuntu9
sparkfun9
arduino-library9
ethernet9
eagle9
chips8
portable8
spi8
docker8
arduino8
m5stack8
raspberry8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
import-tiago/WorkshySwitch
Jul 2019 - Jul 2023
Contributions:40 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
import-tiago/DrizzlingBytes
Jun 2022 - Aug 2023
Contributions:4 releases, 62 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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