# Ruggero Altair Tacchi > Principal Engineer at SpaceX Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ruggero ## Work Experience ### Principal Software Engineer @ SpaceX Jan 2022 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States ### Tech Advisor @ Sirona Medical Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 ### Head of AI Services and R&D @ Sirona Medical Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Data Science Manager - Telemetry Team @ Mapbox Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Director of Data Science @ Quid Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Lead Data Scientist @ Quid Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Data Scientist @ Quid Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 ### Quantitative Intelligence Associate @ Quid Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 Applied Data Scientist ### Visiting Scholar, Engineering Department @ UC Davis Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 Data analysis oriented to energy optimization for HVAC systems in large buildings. ### Particle Physics Instructor at EPGY @ Stanford University Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 Designed, developed and taught a particle physics class for the EPGY summer institute ### Visiting Scholar, Physics Department @ UC Davis Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 Research in Composite Higgs Boson and Unification ### Graduate Student Associate Instructor @ UC Davis Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 Lecturer in non-calulus-based Physics classes. Teaching analytic problem solving in Physics, giving active lectures with 150+ undergraduate students per section. In charge of the class quizzes, midterms, final exams and course grades, including writing tests and exams, organizing the discussion classes with the TAs and responsible of the grading process. ### Graduate Student Research Assistant in High Energy Physics @ UC Davis Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 Worked in model building, developing a theoretical model for the Higgs boson as a composite particle called Conformal Technicolor. The techniques we used include: group theory, advanced mathematical analysis, functional analysis, differential geometry, advanced matrix manipulation and tensor analysis; Monte Carlo statistical analysis to explore a multi parameter space and find the best fit to the existent data; physics simulations to generate experimental predictions and signals of our model that would indicate its validity. ### Graduate Student Associate Instructor @ UC Davis Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 Supervised the teaching assistants in non-calulus-based Physics courses. Taught analytic problem solving in Physics, led active discussions with 30+ undergraduate students per session (up to four 2.5-hour-sessions a week) and held review sessions with 150+ students per session. In charge of the class quizzes, midterms, final exams and course grades, including writing tests and exams, and organizing the grading process. Received great appreciation with student evaluations always greater than 4 out of 5. ### Graduate Student Teaching Assistant @ UC Davis Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 Taught analytic problem solving in Physics, led highly interactive discussions/labs with 25-30 undergraduate students per session in non-calulus-based Physics courses, with strong emphasis on group activities and student discussions and participation. Received great appreciation with student evaluations always greater than 4 out of 5. Teaching assistant also for non-calculus-based Astronomy courses, calculus-based Physics courses and advanced Particle Physics graduate courses. ## Education ### Ph.D. in Physics University of California, Davis ### Laurea in Physics Sapienza Università di Roma ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ruggeroaltair - Portfolio: http://www.quid.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/ruggero JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ruggero/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12