Summary
Andrew Gray is a Staff Electrical Engineer with 11+ years of experience blending embedded systems firmware, PCB design, and autonomous systems development across defense and research settings. He has led hardware and software teams at Northrop Grumman and on Navy destroyers, overseeing installation and sustainment of multimillion-dollar Aegis radar and weapons systems while also saving the Navy $2.5M through proactive diagnostics. Technically fluent in C/C++, Python, MATLAB, Altium, ROS, and ARM firmware, he has developed humanoid robot power/sensor CCAs, synthetic aperture sonar prototypes, and multiple GPS- and vision-enabled robotics projects. A Naval Academy graduate with a UF PhD in ECE, he pairs rigorous academic research in cooperative acoustic systems with hands-on circuit assembly and field testing. Notably, he raised funding and led a student team to build a stereoscopic bomb-defusing robot and has a track record of turning constrained resources into operational hardware.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Surface Warfare Officer Qualification, Military, Surface Warfare Officer Qualification, Military at United States Navy
PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, N/A, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, N/A at University of Florida
Mt. Carmel Highschool
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Mercersburg Academy
Bachelor in Science, Systems Engineering, Bachelor in Science, Systems Engineering at US Naval Academy
English