Technology Coordinator - High Desert Museum
I currently work at the High Desert Museum; a local combined
zoo, aquarium, art museum, and history museum that explores
and educates on the High Desert region. I've been coming to the
museum since I was a little kid, so it is an amazing opportunity
to actually work there!
I am the Technology Coordinator, so I am in charge of maintaining
our operational tech; including workstations, radios, projectors,
microphones, speakers, and network technology. I am the interface between our
IT partner GreenLoop and the museum technology and staff. My biggest
accomplishments so far have been to establish a unified record of
all IT-managed devices, and to create helpful and up-to-date
documentation for myself and future staff.
Relevant Work Experience
Some of AcraDyne's products, image sourced from AIMCO's website
Electrical Engineering Intern - AcraDyne
2022
In the summer of 2022 I worked as an electrical engineering
intern at AcraDyne, the engineering division of the Portland-based
company AIMCO. Initially my focus was on sitting in on Agile engineering
meetings, shadowing junior and senior engineers, and fixing minor
bugs. But as I got more experienced I was tasked with fixing more
complicated bugs and even creating new features, becoming an active
member of the team and participating more in meetings.
My largest project was
to add a new feature for AcraDyne's precision fastening system:
a togglable option to automatically turn tool indicator lights
off after a configurable period of time. I developed the feature
from start to completion; including implementing the mechanics of
the feature in the tool's C++ firmware codebase using timers and
threading, implementing storage of the configuration in a SQLite
database, creating additions to the Qt user interface, and documenting
the feature in both internal and external documentation.
I am very proud of the time I spent at AcraDyne, I worked closely
with several more experienced engineers, I learned a lot about
development processes, I didn't break anything, and
I made real contributions to production code on tools used by
customers.
Please email me for references at
blakebabb122001@gmail.com.