# Ron D.

> Engineering the Future. Previously Frequency Electronics, BirdDog

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/rond

Ron Dias recently joined BirdDog as a Senior Software Engineer. Prior to joining BD, Ron worked at Frequency Electronics as the senior engineer for the Advance Engineering Division. As a member of the small team, Ron and his colleagues successfully created space/terrestrial systems, co-wrote SBIR proposal for the Department of the NAVY, and developed core technologies. Ron studied electrical engineering at the Hofstra University.

Specialties: c, c++, python, rtos, arm cortex, fpga, robotics, simulation, control systems, real-time systems, sensor fusion, lasers, rf, mission critical sw, real-time control, devops, ci/cd pipelines, schematics + pcb design

## Work Experience
### Full Stack Embedded Systems Engineer @ BirdDog
Jan 2023 – Present
•	Designed, implemented: Embedded Dante/NDI video encoder from scratch for low-latency real-time video.
•	Led HW bring up of new ARM SoC, software development, and core 4K video pipelines.
•	Internal DevOps system for automatic software updates, system monitoring, and end-to-end test via Runner CI/CD.

### Senior Control Systems Engineer @ Frequency Electronics, Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2023
•	Formulated: Critical RF control system (multi-million-dollar) Naval Research; lead RF SoC Development; Space/Terrestrial applications
•	Implemented: Laser + RF control; Core timing + clock control system; HW enabled steering to hyperfine transition; critical real-time controls
•	Lead: Real-Time Processing, FPGA Development, Application Processing

### Co-Founder @ Stealth Startup
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
•	Designed: Control circuitry to prevent motorcycle collision before their occurrence; Utilizes AI to predict possible collisions.
•	Developed: RT vehicle tracker (Kalman Filter, RANSAC, DeepSORT, LIDAR point-cloud clustering/segmentation) for Jetson Nano.
•	Simulated: Fusing of LIDAR and Camera images; planar model fitting; Improved: frame by frame accuracy; Modeled: Vehicle Collisions

### Research Assistant @ Hofstra University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020
•	Semi-autonomous drone deployment of footbridges in dynamic environments using real-time video processing on DJI Phantom 4
•	Developed control system that combines computer vision and drones to perform automated UAV flight task in dynamic environments.

### Engineering Assistant @ Hofstra University
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
•	Built a Light Plate Apparatus aiding in Optogenetic Synthesis at Cornell University


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Hofstra University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ron-dias
- GitHub: https://github.com/TheRedMudder
- Website: http://www.ronjdias.com/me/

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Last updated: 2026-04-01