Samuel Twum
Controls Software Engineer at SKA Observatory
Macclesfield, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSamuel Twum is a Controls Software Engineer with nine years' experience building and mentoring on telescope control systems for the SKA project, combining a physics MSc with deep Python and TANGO expertise. Based in Macclesfield, he designs simulators, containerized deployments (Kubernetes/Docker) and risk-reducing integration tools that enable early system validation for one of the world’s largest radio astronomy efforts. He has progressed from graduate engineer to mentor-level roles across SKA South Africa and SKA Observatory, blending hands-on implementation with team coaching and CI/CD-driven delivery. Motivated by curiosity about the universe, he contributes practical open-source control software and sits at the intersection of scientific instrumentation and dependable software engineering.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science with Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science with Mathematics at University of GhanaMaster of Science (MSc), Physics, Master of Science (MSc), Physics at Rhodes University
Github Skills (27)
xml-parser10
pogo10
tango-controls9
simulation-framework9
json-parser8
simulation8
simulator8
json-schema8
development-kit8
evolutionary8
data-driven7
wolfram-language6
python6
tiddlywiki5
php5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
gigjozsa/TiRiFiG
Jun 2018 - Aug 2019
Samuel Twums tirifik notebook
Contributions:28 PRs, 36 pushes, 15 branches in 1 year 2 months
notebooktiddlywikiwolfram-language
samueltwum1/sentiment-analysis
Jun 2019 - Jul 2022
This is a machine learning attempt to predcit the mood of an area based on the feed retrieved social media posts
Contributions:7 commits, 4 PRs, 4 pushes in 3 years 1 month
machine-learning
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