# Nolan Brown

> Software Engineer at Picarro, Inc.

Location: Los Altos, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nolanbrown

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Picarro, Inc.
Jan 2021 – Present | Santa Clara, California, United States

### Associate Software Engineer @ Picarro, Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Santa Clara, California, United States

### Science & Engineering Associate @ SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Menlo Park, California, United States
Developed Python and Go utilities, designed vacuum and power systems, wrote engineering contracts, and lead instrument commissioning teams.

### Summer Student - Controls and Data Systems @ SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025

### Physics Coach @ Syracuse University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Physics Building, Syracuse, NY 13244
Work in study sessions to help guide students through coursework and practice problems.

### Undergraduate Research Assistant - Gravitational Wave Group @ Syracuse University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Physics Building, Syracuse, NY 13244
Assistant in Syracuse Gravitational Wave Group

### Summer Student - Controls and Data Systems @ SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Developed Django based service to monitor experiment control systems.

### Physics Coach @ Syracuse University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Physics Building, Syracuse, NY 13244
Worked one-on-one in classes of 15-25 to help guide students through coursework and practice problems.

### Undergraduate Research Assistant - High Energy Physics @ Syracuse University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Physics Building, Syracuse, NY 13244
Assisted in the development and construction of CERN's LHCb detectors. Designed networked environmental vibration sensors and analysis programs with R, C, and Python to monitor clean room environment. Compiled documentation on structural properties of irradiated ceramics. Assisted in the automation and streamlining of detector testing protocols.

### Controls Intern @ SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Developed network power supply simulator for emergency testing with Python, programmed Beckhoff sensor interfaces and assisted in developing radiation safety systems.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Physics
Syracuse University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nolan-brown
- Portfolio: https://n-wbrown.github.io

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Last updated: 2026-04-11