Tom Kent

 

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I am seeking to leverage 20 years of software engineering expertise in a challenging role focused on real-time modeling & simulation, CI/CD systems, and automated testing.

Experience

Flight Simulation Labs, The Boeing Company - 2003-2010, 2013-present

  • MQ-25 Simulation Software Lead 2018-present
    • Created simulation development system from the ground up: model project layout, CI system, testing system
    • First FSL simulation with full CI
    • Created requirements verification system
    • Created model validation system
    • Added new supported sim protocols: SSH and HTTP
    • Review and design Technical Lead Engineer for all MQ-25 models
    • Created security container approval process and tools
  • Project Behemoth Lead + F15 + F18 2013-2018
    • Created the first FSL constructive simulation
    • Migrated F-15 Sim to Git
    • First F-18 Sim CI system
    • Lead project across all security levels
  • F-18 Simulation Software Engineer 2003-2010
    • Created common model toolkit
    • Developed emulation of VxWorks to host OFP software on Windows

Volunteer Teacher - Instituto San Jose Sebastian Pelczar, Montero, Bolivia - 2010-2012

  • Created and taught course “Introduction to Multimedia”

Iowa State University - 1999-2003

  • Mission lead for High Altitude Experiments in Balloon Technology
  • Communication lead for cubesat development
  • Autonomous flight software project lead

Other

  • Boost Project 2008-present
    • Provide windows release builds
    • Maintain dozens of test platforms
  • National Weather Service storm spotter, run and develop online station software

Technology Skills

  • Programming Languages (descending order of experience): C++, Python, C#, Bash, MS-DOS Batch, JavaScript, C, FORTRAN, Matlab/Octave, PHP, CUDA, OpenCL, Rust, Java, Groovy
  • Operating Systems: Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, Windows, VxWorks, OpenWRT, OpenBSD
  • Other: Containers (windows and linux), Boost (C++ Libraries), Virtualization (KVM, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, OpenStack), AI Development (VS Code Copilot, Continue Plugin, ChatGPT, Gemini), CI: (Jenkins, Gitlab CI, Github Actions), Information Security, Doxygen

Education and Honors

  • The Boeing Company Technical Fellowship Associate - 2025
    • Recognized Boeing expert in “Realtime Modeling and Simulation Software”
  • M.S. Software Engineering - Penn State University 2016 GPA 4.0
  • B.S. Aerospace Engineering - Iowa State University 2003 GPA 3.4
  • CAIT – Washington University - Certificates in C\C++, Object Oriented Programming, and UML
  • Stanford – AI-Class - Completed the Stanford based “AI-Class” online course.
  • Udacity.com – AI/Programming a Robotic Car, Cryptography, Web Engineering, Software Testing
  • Eagle Scout - 1999