# Rana Isak > Software @ Goddard Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/rana ## Work Experience ### Senior Embedded Software Engineer @ Goddard Jan 2025 – Present | Beverly, Massachusetts, United States ### Firmware Engineer @ WiTricity Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Watertown, Massachusetts, United States ### Intermediate Software Developer @ Voltera Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 ### Product Developer @ Voltera Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada ### Materials Developer @ Voltera Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Kitchener, Canada Area - Developed comprehensive QC and test suites for production and R&D materials to ensure they met specifications and product requirements - Worked with supplier network to source and test functional materials - Developed a new process for packing conductive inks that resulted in eliminating air bubbles from ink cartridges and improved print quality by using a DAC mixer and designing a new electromechanical downpacking system ### Research Fellow @ Wyss Institute at Harvard University Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Collaborated with industry (BASF) to develop silica and titania photonic crystals based on colloidal self-assembly principles and structural colour for automotive and cosmetic applications - Developed alumina and gold (raspberry particles) inverse opals to be used in photocatalytic applications - Characterized photonic crystals using SEM and optical microscopy - Designed photonic structures with controllable size using various fabrication techniques such as photomask design and writing, and patterning using photolithography at the Centre for Nanoscale Systems at Harvard (CNS) ### Biosensor Technician @ Medella Health Inc. Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - Co-designed an SOP to fabricate contact lenses with appropriate monomers and integrate enzymatic biosensors within lenses - Constructed PDMS eye models using 3D-printed molds to be used for microbiology and toxicology tests on contact lenses - Tested biosensor electrical performance using single-potential amperometry - Explored methods of ITO surface modification using piranha etches and changing polymer compositions to enhance adhesion of biosensor to ITO - Designed a microfluidics setup to simulate tear flow and test contact lens performance using ultra low flow rate syringe pumps ### Student Chemical Technician @ Process Research ORTECH Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Mississauga, ON - Involved in the extraction of titanium and iron from ilmenite ore through leaching with hydrochloric acid and performing solvent-solvent extraction on solutions - Performed bench-scale leaching and extraction of potassium using hydrochloric acid and magnesium oxide - Performed titrations to determine levels of ferrous and ferric iron in raffinate and strip solutions - Performed particle size analysis on TiO2 nanoparticles using dynamic light scattering - Conducted chloride field analysis and conductivity tests using ion selective electrodes and performed oil absorption tests - Carried out necessary processes such as ball and jet milling to optimize particle size distribution of TiO2 nanoparticles ### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ University of Waterloo Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada ### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ University of Waterloo Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - Involved in the research of improving the thermal stability of wheat straw using ultraviolet radiation and chemical pretreatments using acetone and NaOH - Used various equipment such as FTIR, TGA, XRD, and optical microscopes to observe and record any changes in the properties of the wheat straw exposed to the UV radiation - Collected data and presented it graphically using Excel and Origin ## Education ### Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) in Nanotechnology Engineering University of Waterloo ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rana-isak --- Source: https://flows.cv/rana JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/rana/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-28