David Strickland
Senior Software Engineer at Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Strickland is a senior software engineer with two decades of experience applying scientific rigor to complex satellite data processing, image navigation/registration, and ground system development. He combines deep C++ and shell expertise with Python, Matlab, Fortran and scientific libraries (HDF5, netCDF, FITS, Boost) to deliver reliable, low-latency production services for missions like GOES-R and TEMPO. At Carr Astronautics he architected a parallelized resampling service that runs 24/7 with ~5 second latency and devised a novel PSD-based detector calibration monitor, and he now contributes systems-level software at the Space Telescope Science Institute. His background as an astrophysicist and principal investigator on numerous NASA and NSF grants gives him uncommon fluency translating scientific requirements into verifiable, production-grade algorithms. Comfortable in both Waterfall and Agile environments, he pairs hands-on implementation with mentoring and small-team leadership. Based in Baltimore, he retains an active interest in algorithm verification and reproducible scientific pipelines.
8 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Physics with Astrophysics, Bachelor of Science, Physics with Astrophysics at University of Birmingham
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Github Skills (16)
reduction10
astrophotography10
image-processing10
python9
astronomy8
astropy7
ccd6
cosmology5
diffraction5
mass-spectrometry5
snl-applications4
git3
astrophysics3
chromebook2
unix2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
DaveStrickland/SimplePracticalAstronomy
Jul 2019 - Apr 2025
C++ implementation of Practical Astronomy With Your Calculator by Duffet-Smith
Contributions:2 PRs, 29 pushes, 4 branches in 5 years 9 months
cppamateur-astronomyc-plus-plusephemerides
DaveStrickland/AstroPhotography
Jul 2019 - Oct 2022
Python workflow for processing astrophotography images from either digital cameras and/or amateur telescopes.
Contributions:2 releases, 239 commits, 25 PRs in 3 years 3 months
pythonpython3amateur-astronomyimage-processingastrophotography
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