Jahan Khan · Software and systems engineering
Software &
Embedded SystemsRobotics · Mission software · Integration and testing
Software, embedded controls, and operator interfaces. I integrate hardware, investigate failures, and carry systems through testing and user handoff.
Saddleback College Robotics · June 2021–June 2023
Rover autonomy and ground control
Co-Software Lead, Mars Rover Team · University Rover Challenge
I co-led ROS 2 rover autonomy through two competition seasons, connecting autonomous and teleoperated control, operator interfaces, and field testing.
Interactive portfolio demonstration · MapLibre and Three.js/WebGL · Generated route and sensor data illustrate navigation, command status, and arm recovery. The experience above describes the team’s rover work.
- Co-led ROS 2 rover autonomy through two competition seasons, integrating Nav2 behavior trees, waypoint navigation, ArUco detection, obstacle avoidance, stereo cameras, LiDAR, GPS, and IMU fusion.
- Connected autonomous and teleoperated control to STM32 through an asynchronous Rust driver; integrated ODrive and CAN control, React/TypeScript and Foxglove interfaces, Jetson video, Gazebo/Isaac Sim environments, rosbag replay, and a Docker test harness.
- Validated autonomy through field trials and rosbag replay, coordinated subsystem integration through GitHub reviews, and built simulation tests that exercised navigation changes without vehicle hardware.
Ibrium Studios · September 2025–May 2026
Distributed robotic controls
Independent Embedded Systems Engineer
- Architected distributed real-time control for a production multi-axis motor system; implemented the CAN protocol, ARM Cortex-M node firmware, central controller, multilayer Altium PCBs, feedback, fault detection, and safe-stop behavior.
- Owned board bring-up and hardware/software integration, delivering robotic controls under a fixed production deadline.
- Traced intermittent CAN latency with a logic analyzer to a control-loop deadline overrun, moved scheduling to a fixed-rate timer interrupt, and revalidated motion; integrated SLAM registration with Unreal Engine, documented operations, and trained production staff.
O3 Worldwide, Inc. · June 2026–present
Aviation, aerospace, maritime, and advanced manufacturing
Technology and Computer Engineering Consultant
- Support engineering and planning for O3’s aviation, aerospace, maritime, shipbuilding, and advanced-manufacturing programs, including the O3-led, $15 billion-plus Orlando Sanford International Airport development opportunity.
- Develop system architecture, technical workflows, software and data requirements, simulation tools, and decision-support concepts for pilot and technician training, aircraft manufacturing, distributed shipbuilding, and shipyard operations.
- Perform computer and systems engineering for blended-wing-body aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned surface vessels, and advanced boats and small ships, including autonomy, control systems, digital-engineering workflows, simulation integration, and requirements traceability.
Selected O3 engineering projects follow below.
Selected O3 engineering project
Shipyard operations platform
Rust, Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, React, Docker
- Developed software for potential deployment by leading U.S. shipbuilders, connecting an ontology of parts, equipment, workers, and task dependencies to an operator interface; integrated OPC-UA adapters and OR-Tools CP-SAT scheduling.
- Implemented role-based access, event history, tamper-evident audit records, and local deployment; adapted workflows to operator feedback.
Selected O3 engineering project
Computational aircraft design and optimization
Python, NumPy, SciPy, OpenVSP, CalculiX
- Connected parametric geometry with aerodynamic, structural, mass, and aeroelastic analysis; screened hundreds of variants, validated three finalists with higher-fidelity tools, and identified a trade-study design with approximately 24% lower structural mass than its baseline.
- Built an event-backed validation chain across geometry and analysis handoffs, retained solver artifacts, checked outputs against published references, and flagged uncertain results for engineering review.
Selected O3 engineering project
Flight-software analysis and exploit discovery
Rust, PX4 v1.16
- Built a Rust analyzer for C/C++ flight software with function discovery, call extraction, MAVLink-handler lookup, and heuristic checks for authentication references, unsafe memory access, and unexpected navigation-state writes; validated behavior with 29 passing tests and a release build.
- Validated call-graph extraction and detection rules against PX4 function lookups and vulnerable-versus-corrected fixtures, producing findings for source review.
Selected O3 engineering project
Counter-UAS electronic-warfare decision engine
Haskell, signal processing, simulation
- Built a replayable signal and decision pipeline using FFT and CA-CFAR detection, emitter-feature extraction, threat-library matching, constrained response selection, confidence-based abstention, and reproducible Nix environments.
- Processed synthetic and SigMF replay IQ; evaluated response plans against mission state, spectrum restrictions, and resource constraints, preserving decision evidence for adversarial simulation and replay-based debugging.
Hasan & Associates · June 2026–present
Litigation technology and evidence systems
Litigation Technology and Evidence Systems Consultant
- Designed tools and workflows to organize and synchronize video, images, documents, timelines, and demonstrative exhibits; created courtroom-ready multimedia presentations and applied data-processing, conversion, quality-control, and retrieval methods across large evidentiary records.
Tata Consultancy Services · December 2025–February 2026
AR/LiDAR field research
Independent Field Researcher and Developer · Apple AR/LiDAR research partnership
- Configured sensors and validated field captures across multiple sites; developed C software and repeatable protocols for consistent indoor scanning.
MedBWS · May 2020–June 2023
Hospital software deployments
Automation Lead
- Built a computer-vision and Swift iOS workflow for pharmaceutical identification and disposal in HIPAA-compliant hospital environments, including secure APIs, access controls, and audit logging.
Capabilities
Software, integration, and verification stack
Experience across firmware, autonomy, and engineering validation.
Firmware & hardware
[FIRMWARE FOR FIELDED HARDWARE]
- Cores
- ARM Cortex-M, STM32
- Firmware
- Bare-metal, RTOS, C
- Buses
- CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, PWM
- Hardware
- Altium PCB design, board bring-up
- Debug
- JTAG/SWD, oscilloscope, logic analyzer
Flight software & autonomy
[AUTONOMY FOR VEHICLES]
- Languages
- C++, Rust, Python
- Stack
- ROS 2, Nav2, behavior trees
- Sensors
- GNSS, IMU, cameras, LiDAR fusion
- Control
- ODrive motor control over CAN
- Flight software
- PX4 / MAVLink source analysis
Test & simulation
[TESTING BEFORE HARDWARE]
- Simulation
- Gazebo, Isaac Sim, ros2_control
- Replay
- rosbag field-run replay
- Bench test
- Docker harness that runs the full stack with no vehicle attached
- Builds
- Nix reproducible environments
- Verification
- Unit and fixture tests, validated builds
Letters of recommendation and code samples available upon request.