About Me

I am not what you were expecting... my background is far different than the average boilerplate you are accustomed to.

Dual Bachelors degrees in both Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering; research experience in electro-mechanical systems; practiced in the dark arts of Linux, Python, web design, and Cryptography; possessing an uncommon creativity; experience/fascination with machine learning; and a unique approach to problem solving.

Contact Details

Doug LaMaster
928-362-0986
doug@douglamaster.com

Work

Senior PNT Engineer

Leidos June 2023 - Present

Building software tools and pipelines to maintain an advantage in the electro-magnetic domain of the battlefield. Pursuing using GNSS (including GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Baidu, etc.) both defensively as well as offensively.

Senior Research Engineer

Riverside Research August 2018 - June 2023

As a senior research engineer, I work to develop the tools to perform the data analysis to evaluate micro-electronics. Assessment involves development of machine learning algorithms for classification and evaluation. Data analytics, pre-processing techniques, classification, data pipelines, and statistical models.

PNT Engineer

Pretalen March 2017 - August 2018

As a Position, Navigation, and Timing engineer, I have become the subject matter expert for inertial systems and sensors at PreTalen. Inertial study required building navigational devices on Raspberry Pi to interface with Arduino and multiple MEMs sensors to supply 10 DOF navigation.

Process Engineer

Intel March 2016 - August 2017

As a Tool Owner in the FAB32, I was responsible for ensuring optimal performance of a fleet of litho machines. Within months, I became the primary point of contact for a fleet of lithography machines processing approximately $1.2B worth of product weekly.

Education

Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Northern Arizona University May 2014

Work included research on building thermodynamic models to describe the strain exhibited by a Magnetic Shape Memory Alloy (MSMA) under magneto-mechanical stress.

Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Northern Arizona University March 2012

Included undergraduate study of the electrical characteristics of structural supercapacitors made of carbon fiber.

Bachelors of Science in Mathematics

Northern Arizona University March 2012

Emphasis in Applied Math. Included additional coursework in Statistics, Linear Algebra, Partial Differential Equations, and Abstract Algebra.

Skills

  • Python
  • Machine Learning
  • AES Cryptography
  • Elliptic Curve Cryptography
  • Kalman Filters
  • Linux

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