Summary
Tim Herrin is a Senior Software Engineer with over a decade of experience building cross-platform, high-assurance software for defense and commercial applications. He combines deep signal and image processing expertise with hands-on C/C++, MATLAB/Simulink, Python, and mobile integration work across Android and iOS. His background spans RADAR, IR, acoustics, covert communications, genetics, and health/fitness domains, and he has led teams implementing real-time algorithms for airborne systems and anti-counterfeiting mobile encoders. Tim has held cleared roles (active Secret, inactive Top Secret) and served as a principal investigator on DARPA projects, translating research prototypes into fielded systems. Outside engineering he runs a long-standing photography business, reflecting a practiced eye for detail and practical product deployment. He’s notable for automating the conversion of MATLAB algorithms into C/C++ libraries deployable on mobile platforms, bridging research code to production.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MS Applied Mathematics (Concentration in Mathematical Theory of Communication Systems), MS Applied Mathematics (Concentration in Mathematical Theory of Communication Systems) at San Diego State University
English