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Hi, I'm William
Junior B.S. Electrical Engineering @ Univeristy of Kansas
I'm a student from Kansas City exploring avionics and RF systems through my work and coursework.
Download ResumeVIAVI Solutions (Avionics R&D) - Test Engineer Intern
Lenexa, KS - May 2026 - Present
- • Automated design verification test (DVT) for the ATC5000NG
- Eliminated 6+ weeks of manual testing of 60+ modules and 2000+ measurements
- Introduced GUM-compliant Type A and Type B uncertainty tracking
- Integrated with NI TestStand using compiled DLLs
- • Contributed to TestBench, the core testing framework used by the team
- Used by the ATC5000NG, and will support future test programs
- Currently developing tests for the successor to the AVX-10K using this framework
- • Migrated TestBench from C++ to C#
- Allows proper integration with METAS UncLib
- Saved $1,000/year per developer (from license cost)
- • Performed digital signal processing (DSP) analysis on RF waveforms
- Measured DME and Mode S Pulse Characteristics
- IQ demodulation, finite impulse response (FIR) filters, and least-squares regression
- • Performed precision RF measurements using calibrated instruments for tracability
- R&S FSMR3008 Measuring Receiver
- R&S MXO34 Oscilliscope
- R&S SMBV100B Vector Signal Generator
- R&S ZNB Vector Network Analyzer
- Keysight DSOS204A RF Oscilliscope
