Robert L. Peckham - Resume

Robert L. Peckham

(Email for address/phone number. Deleted from web version.)

http://robpeckham.net

Not presently looking.

Objective:
Experienced engineer with strong software experience is open to positions with leadership growth opportunities.

Technologies:
C/C++, JAVA, FORTRAN, Tcl/Tk, Expect, csh/sh/etc., html, VxWorks, Unix/Linux, Windows, Cygwin

Professional Experience:
November 2008 - Present
Staff Engineer, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
- Design and construct initialization component of flight software for a major national program.

March 2004 - November 2008
Systems Engineer, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Redondo Beach, CA
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Test Bed
Oct 2007 - Nov 2008: ISRTB Ground Station Simulation Lead
Mar 2004 - Sep 2007: ISRTB Spacecraft Simulation Designer / Developer
- Designed and built a generalized C++ satellite simulation framework capable of taking on properties of multiple program satellites at runtime. The satellite framework functions as both a real-time simulation and as a fast schedule validation tool, at variable levels of fidelity depending on the requirements of the application.
- Overhauled existing ground simulation concept of operations to more closely match actual satellite program functionality, and reduced simulation hardware usage by 50%.
- Successfully created profiles for a second program customer (Trinidad) to demonstrate the validity of the test bed's generalized approach.
- Built a TCP server wrapper for the satellite simulator that handles messaging between a real-time instantiation of the satellite and the JAVA ground station control modules.
- Coordinated other spacecraft simulation developers in constructing subsystem models to be integrated into the framework.
- Coordinated effort between Systems Engineering team and Spacecraft team to create requirements flexible enough to support the changing needs of the ISRTB's primary customer (Space Radar).

April 1996 - February 2003
Network Associates Laboratories, Los Angeles, CA
Computer Scientist/Researcher
- Built intrusion detection capability on top of NAI's Windows Sniffer product. Received patent on the process of merging these technologies.
- Implemented Crypto API for Public Key Infrastructure in JAVA.
- Designed and built Linux kernel modules that provide guaranteed performance to authorized connections by altering internet stack behavior.
- Modified TCP protocol properties at the network boundary using a ScoutOS firewall by controlling resource allocation at the operating system level, in order to maximize throughput. This was expanded for my Master's thesis.
- Built Windows version of TIS/MOSS encryption package, and generated automated test suite in Tcl/Tk for both Unix and Windows installations.
- Developed a program visualization utility to generate postscript files showing function information for FIPS verification of PGP.
- Wrote OS independent tools for viewing call trees of large projects, using AT&T's graphviz set of utilities.
- Ported the TIS/Fortezza CSP from Unix to support MSCAPI under Windows.
- Analyzed multiple stage virus and worm attacks to generalize what behaviors future incidents would consist of, in order to create heuristics for event correlation.
- Evaluated several Intrusion Detection System projects for technology acquisition value.

1987-1996 (part time during school at Father's engineering consulting firm)
Robert C. Peckham and Associates, Glendale, CA (818) 845-7400
- Designed and implemented a finite difference simulator for general two phase diffusion in a scalable environment.
- Design, layout, and prototyping of analog and digital printed circuit boards.
- Reverse engineered an automotive cruise control computer by producing a schematic from the PC board and high level output connections.

Other projects:
1994+ Administrator/Programmer of three MUDs (Multiple User Domains).
Released public versions of these projects in 1997.

Education:
MS in Computer Science from UCLA, December 2000
with networking specialization.

BS in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA, June 1996.
with mechanisms and controls specialization.

Updated: December 26, 2008.
http://robpeckham.net/resume.html