# Christopher Swagler

> Flight Software Engineer @ Reliable Robotics

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/christopherswagler

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Reliable Robotics Corporation
Jan 2024 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States
Writing simulation and test infrastructure software for software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop environments to automate aircraft.

### Flight Software Engineer @ Reliable Robotics Corporation
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, California, United States
Wrote flight software to automate aircraft.

### Intro to Robotics Course Instructor @ Northeastern Robotics Club
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Prepared weekly course content to teach the basics of hardware, software, and CAD
- Presented lecture materials covering core robotics concepts
- Led students through designing and debugging during workshops

### FYELIC Red Vest (Tutor) @ Northeastern University College of Engineering
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Tutored first-year engineering students in C++, Matlab, Arduino, AutoCAD, and SolidWorks
- Guided students in makerspace with conceptualizing, designing, and constructing projects
- Trained to operate laser cutter (Boss Laser) and 3D printers (Prusa, Ultimaker)
- Created an Arduino library with wiring diagrams and sketches for full inventory of components carried by FYELIC

### Flight Software Engineer Intern @ Reliable Robotics Corporation
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Mountain View, California, United States
- Wrote DAQ driver in C++ for hardware-in-the-loop testing
- Developed solution involving shared memory and concurrency to simulate GPIOs between separate processes
- Visualized timing performance with Python and Jupyter Notebooks
- Performed code reviews with other developers

### Cloud Automation Engineer Intern @ VMware
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Palo Alto, California, United States
- Developed a self-service DHCP deployment utility for use in vCenter environments
- Reduced the number of entities needed to set up, maintain, and monitor DCHP services
- Wrote Ansible playbooks to deploy the server OVF
- Scripted in Bash and Python to configure and test the service
- Modified Prometheus dnsmasq exporter to dump DHCP message statistics
- Utilized Prometheus node exporter to visualize server health in Grafana

### Systems Engineer Co-op @ RoviSys
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Southborough, Massachusetts, United States
- Developed control systems using latest PLC technology for clients in pharmaceutical industry
- Implemented PLC logic for AHUs in Building Management System project
- Designed over 100 HMI displays in FactoryTalk View to connect code to user interactions
- Redlined P&ID drawing packages to update electrical schematics and panel design
- Worked on-site at client location to execute hardware testing and quality assurance


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Engineering & Computer Science
Northeastern University

### High School Diploma
Canisius High School

### Gifted Math Program
University at Buffalo


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/christopher-swagler
- GitHub: https://github.com/chrisswagler

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Last updated: 2026-03-29