Summary
Zachary Kramer is a Registered Professional Engineer and QA-focused embedded systems developer with ten years of experience spanning engineering, construction, procurement, product development, and qualification testing. He excels at leading cross-disciplinary teams to deliver complex, mission-critical projects on budget and schedule, with deep hands-on expertise in Python, C, and modern C++ for build engineering and QA. Known for meticulous attention to detail, strategic risk management, and excellent communication, he has driven improvements in field-change processing and QA programs on high-stakes projects including national labs and large-scale construction at Hanford. Comfortable in technically demanding, fast-paced environments, Zachary combines field construction insight with software-oriented testing practices to bridge hardware and firmware delivery. Unconventionally, he once paused his career to backpack around a dozen countries for a year, demonstrating resourcefulness, cultural agility, and budget-conscious planning.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Transfer, Mechanical Engineering, Transfer, Mechanical Engineering at Columbia Basin College
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering at Washington State University