# Manoj Adhikari > Software Engineer @ Space Launch System, Boeing Location: United States, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/manojadhikari A results-oriented Software Engineer with hands-on experience at industry leaders like Boeing and Google. I have a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo and Bachelor's in Computer Science and Engineering from Santa Clara University. My background ranges from developing communication protocols and machine learning models in a research environment to building robust infrastructure and encryption services. I am passionate about tackling complex challenges and am eager to apply my programming skills to build innovative software solutions. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Boeing Jan 2023 – Jan 2026 | Huntsville, AL I worked on avionics integration for NASA’s Artemis program as part of the Space Launch System (SLS) team. Some of my projects are: - Migrating avionics database from Microsoft Access Database to MySQL server (Python) - Updating a compiler tool to generate header and source files using the database (C#) ### Graduate Research Student @ University of Waterloo Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | Ontario, Canada I built a communication protocol for a battery free tag (WiTAG) that transmits data using WiFi signals. First, I developed mathematical models to better understand overlap between WiFi signals and WiTAG corruption. Second, I developed encoding and decoding techniques that the tag can use to send its message. This required evaluating tradeoffs between message length and accuracy for encoding and experimentation with different algorithms such as Levenshtein algorithm and neural nets for decoding. As a result, I was able to achieve 98% reliability in data transfer using a single message which can be improved to 99.999% just by using 15 messages (188 ms). This demonstrated that a high degree of accuracy can be achieved with few messages in a relatively short period of time, making it possible to utilize multiple WiTAGs in real world environment! My thesis can be found here: https://dspacemainprd01.lib.uwaterloo.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/3ca7b0e6-6b40-4dc6-a558-b0756d444db2/content ### Software Engineering Intern @ Google Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States (Python, gRPC, Linux) • Built a web server to dynamically display files and directories that are read, added, and modified in Piper (Google’s version control system) throughout integration testing, so that service owners can validate their logic and debug test failures • Enabled Virtual Cluster team to reuse an existing cluster rather than build a new one when they need to get data from a different change list, saving the team lots of time and resources ### Software Engineering Intern @ Juniper Networks Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 Developed an encryption service plugin using Golang. This plugin guarantees that information about any virtual networks that customers create is encrypted before it's stored in the database Created a new template file for code generation using Pongo2 template. The generated code iterates through all schema files to find the encrypt flag. Then, it identifies corresponding data from API requests, and encrypts them ### Software Engineer Intern @ WorkSpan Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Foster City, CA - Implement and maintain in-house tools for data modification, fake data generation, and customers template generation - Build client side scripts and upgrade scripts to address time sensitive requests from enterprise customers like SAP - Work on a cross functional team of product managers, network success managers, and engineers. ## Education ### Master of Mathematics in Computer Science University of Waterloo ### Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering Santa Clara University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/manoj-adhikari --- Source: https://flows.cv/manojadhikari JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/manojadhikari/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29