Professional Experience Timeline

Kushal Parekh's Professional Journey

Summary:
Current Job: Simulations Intern @ NASA IV&V & TMC Technologies
Previous Jobs: 2 Summer Internships @ GE Vernova
Previous Jobs: 2 years as Engineering Design Class Teaching Staff
Previous Jobs: 1 year of ML FPGA Research

  • January 2025 - Present

    NASA IV&V & TMC Technologies

    STEM/Systems Engineer Intern (Contractor)

    Open-Source Development on NOS3 & QEMU for Space System Sim/Emulation

    Deliverables
    Implemented Attitude Determination & Control System in Fprime Flight Software, improving NOS3 simulator features and fidelity using Git, GDB, and C++.

    Added 50+ Commands and 150+ Telemetry Channels to 12 Components in Fprime Flight Software, providing higher simulation fidelity for the NASA Operational Simulator for Small Satellites using C++.

    Facilitated bi-directional communication on emulated Zynq Cortex-A9 Board for cycle-accurate space system emulation using QEMU, Petalinux, Device Trees, and Kernel Modifications.

  • May 2024 - August 2024

    GE Vernova

    Electrical Engineering Intern

    Power Electronics Testing by making and carrying out Test Procedures & Testing Tools

    Deliverables
    Validated 5 Gate Drivers through 3 Rigorous Timing & Performance-Matching Tests

    Drafted High Voltage Double Pulse Test Procedures for Half-Bridge Power Losses

    Programmed & Benchmarked a High-Speed, Customizable Function Generator on an STM32 MCU

  • August 2023 - April 2024

    The Art of Making - University of Pittsburgh

    Part-Time Teaching Assistant

    Engineering Design Teaching Assistant providing insight and education on soft and hard skills

    Deliverables
    Taught 120 students Hands-On Engineering and System Design Skills in a Dynamic Learning Environment

    Mentored 60 Students directly to build Project Management, Prototyping, and Programming Skills

    Led 7 Workshops & Demos for Soldering, Robotics, UI/UX Design, Modular Electronics, & Controllers

  • May 2023 - August 2023

    GE Power Conversion

    Electrical Engineering Intern

    Power Electronics

    Deliverables
    Created Power Electronics Simulation Script to Reduce Runtime 100x and Increase Data Output 10000x utilizing MATLAB & Simulink, Verifying Accurate Results with Simulink

  • August 2022 - April 2023

    The Art of Making - University of Pittsburgh

    Volunteer Teaching Assistant

    Provided design advice and mentoring to students on their 10-week capstone projects

  • March 2022 - April 2023

    Hong Research Group - University of Pittsburgh

    Hardware Firmware Engineer

    Researching Machine Learning for FPGAs for Particle Physics Applications

    Deliverables
    Programmed & Tested 3rd Iteration Binary Tree ML Algorithm in Python, Ubuntu, & Vivado HLS

    Produced 250 & Tested 60 Physics Simulations Configurations to track FPGA Performance Speeds