Summary
Alvin Thai is a software engineer specializing in embedded systems and automation, with a decade of experience delivering flight-grade software. Based in Tucson, AZ, he currently works at Raytheon Missiles & Defense as Software Engineer II, designing and integrating new embedded functionality, automating telemetry parsing, and simulating hardware behavior in all-digital environments. He has streamlined software qualification and DevOps workflows by weaving Python automation and Bash tooling into Azure DevOps, and has acted as a subject matter expert for embedded flight software while serving as Scrum Master. His technical toolkit spans C/C++, Python, Bash, and MATLAB, with a strong emphasis on process improvement, documentation, and testability. Alvin holds a BS and MS in Computer Engineering from UC Riverside, and previously contributed to teaching CS concepts as a graduate teaching assistant.
10 years of coding experience
University of California, Riverside