Austin Mitchell

L3Harris

Palm Bay, FL | January 2020 – Present

Software Engineer                                                

L3Harris is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator and is the 7th largest defense contractor worldwide. 

• Designed/built/implemented systems responsible for building, testing, and integrating developer code from a single cli command.

• Part of a team responsible for generating ~$3.7M in program savings, personally generated ~$350k through savings.

• Built/configured/deployed Linux kernels onto custom FPGA hardware for use in multipurpose smallsats

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M.C. Dean

Tysons, VA | Summer 2019 – Fall 2019    

Engineering Systems - Intern                                                

M.C. Dean, Inc. is a design-build and systems integration corporation for complex, mission-critical organizations.

• Developed a full building technology monitoring system to show information and warnings throughout all connected devices

• Worked with others to design a PLC testbench and connector to speed up troubleshooting and development for new PLC systems

• Experience working in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility

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The HIVE

Atlanta, GA | Fall 2018 – January 2020    

Peer Instructor / Event Planner                                                              

The HIVE is a student run organization in charge of running the brand new $5M IDC (Interdisciplinary Design Commons)

• Planned and prototyped the first ever workshop for The HIVE (Make Your Own Smartwatch).

• Started a reverse engineering sub-club called LimeClub targeted at recreating the ESC system for Lime-S electric scooters

• Taught and helped students grasp many rapid prototyping skills, product design, and collaboration.

 

Tech Square Research

Atlanta, GA | Fall 2017 – January 2018    

Medical Research Assistant / GVU (Graphics Visualization and Usability)                                                                                   

(GVU focuses on unlocking and amplifying human potential through technical innovation in computing technologies.)

• Created, repaired, debugged, and improved rehabilitation gloves for stroke patients.

• Learned many rapid prototyping skills, product design, and collaboration.

 

IBM

Atlanta, GA | Summer 2017 – Fall 2017 

Network Systems Intern / $1.5B Mercedes-Benz Stadium Project                                                   

• Designed an emergency stop system for 12 simultaneous motor systems responsible for lowering curtains.

• Interacted as a team and collaborated directly with project supervisors

• Served as a substitute superintendent and project manager

• Created an asset management and catalog system which significantly reduced asset location time.

• Set up, installed, debugged, and rebuilt IP set top boxes for use on all 2,000 TVs in the stadium.

• Experience with construction site safety protocol

 

Scheller College of Business

Atlanta, GA | January 2016 – Summer 2017

Lead Student Assistant, Gear VR and Microsoft Surface Specialist / IT Services                                                                                      

• Computer maintenance and event support for all 270+ Georgia Tech CoB members

• Granted Administrator access to CoB Active Directory (Not even grad students were allowed to have this)

• Set up print job tracking system and provided data analysis on thousands of prints

• Created all new onboarding documents and manuals used to train the last 5+ interns

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