# Edward Silva

> Electrical engineer out of Colorado School of Mines, now an embedded software engineer on the phased array software team at SpaceX.

Write-ups of school and personal engineering projects, with the equations, the measured results, who did which part, and the reports behind them.

## Selected work

- [Damper state estimation](https://edwardasilva.com/projects/EKF-project/): Estimating the terrain force on a magnetorheological mountain bike damper with an EKF and a UKF. A live port of the filters shows when their results differ.
- [Pitch tracking for auto-tune](https://edwardasilva.com/projects/dsp-final/): Comparing FFT and autocorrelation pitch detection in a real-time MATLAB auto-tune chain, with the project's detectors running live on a test tone.
- [EMBR damper](https://edwardasilva.com/projects/capstone-project/): A capstone team's semi-active magnetorheological mountain bike damper. The first design failed on the dynamometer, and the redesign moved the coil and cut the gap.

## More projects

- [eeprep](https://edwardasilva.com/projects/eeprep/): A free, open guide for EECS students and new graduates looking for a first job.
- [Gantry crane control](https://edwardasilva.com/projects/MCD-project/): Two controllers for a simulated gantry crane in EENG 417, a slow z-domain design and a faster state-space redesign. Live figures let you change the LQR weight and the delay.
- [Autonomous maze robot](https://edwardasilva.com/projects/seed-robot/): A four-person autonomous maze robot in EENG 350, with a Python and OpenCV vision stack talking to an Arduino motor controller over I2C.
- [Hydraulic ram pump](https://edwardasilva.com/projects/ram-pump/): A first-year design project using a PVC hydraulic ram pump and a limestone filter to treat acid mine drainage at legacy mines.

## Experience

- [Embedded Software Engineer on the Phased Array Software Team, SpaceX / Starlink](https://edwardasilva.com/experiences/SpaceX-swe/): July 2026–Present
- [Software Engineering Intern, Kratos Defense](https://edwardasilva.com/experiences/Kratos-swe/): June–August 2025

## Other experience

- Co-op Intern, Electrical Design, Jordan and Skala Engineers. January–June 2025
- Undergraduate Researcher, ePower Hubs Research Lab. August–December 2024
- Undergraduate Researcher, Explosives Research Lab. Fall 2022

## Pages

- [About](https://edwardasilva.com/about/): How I got from the jobs before engineering to embedded software.
- [Experience](https://edwardasilva.com/experiences/): Current and past engineering roles, and organizations.
- [Education](https://edwardasilva.com/education/): Degree, honors, certifications, and which classes fed which project.
- [Coursework](https://edwardasilva.com/education/coursework/): Every course, with a short description of each.
- [Skills](https://edwardasilva.com/skills/): Each skill, with the projects and courses that back it.
- [Resume](https://edwardasilva.com/resume/Edward_Silva_Resume.pdf): The one-page PDF resume.

## Optional

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwardasilva)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/edwardasilva/)