Eric Elliott

WORK EXPERIENCE

Technology Solutions Experts, Natick, MA - Sr. Software Engineer

Technical lead for a diverse set of department of defense projects (discussed below)
Lead teams of 2 to ~12, designed systems, implemented features, assigned tasks, trained and mentored junior developers, conducted code reviews
Met with clients to define requirements, give briefings, and demonstrate products
Wrote or assisted in writing proposals to win numerous Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants.

Independently designed and developed a web-based shared expense tracker
Uses Firebase for data storage (Firestore) and authentication and VueJs with Tailwindcss for frontend reactive UI.

Lead developer for a constructive military combat simulation developed for the U.S. Army (Tech: C#, C++, SQLite, Delta3D game engine, Visual Studio)
After taking over a failing project from previous developers, matured IWARS through eight major releases over six years
Implemented numerous scientific models as integrated software components (e.g. physiological heat stress, ballistic flyout, target acquisition)
Developed a visual scripting tool to enable users to define human behavior
Developed tools to store, process, and analyze data produced by simulation runs

Developed a Java library to translate between JREAP binary streams and a custom XML format using a data-driven approach to define how binary structure maps to XML elements.

Developed elements of the user interface and data import/export for a Maya plugin to analyze the fit of protective equipment (Tech: python, Maya)
Developed a visualization and asset management tool using the Unity game engine to manage human/equipment configurations (Tech: C#, Unity Game Engine)

Member of team developing a cross-platform mobile app that generates an accurate 3D model of a subject’s face from 2D images. (Tech: C++, Qt, OpenCV)
Developed python scripts to analyze the accuracy of generated models relative to 3D scans.

Member of team developing a cross-platform mobile app to check-in new inventory via barcode scanning and natural language processing (NLP) of paper forms (Tech: Xamarin, C#, C++, OpenCV)

Integrated the ACT-R cognitive modeling architecture with IWARS via a network interface and developed a proof of concept ACT-R model to represent human decision making of threat acquisition and targeting. (Tech: ACT-R, LISP, C#)

Developed a plugin-based network gateway to translate data between disparate protocols such as Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) and High Level Architecture (HLA). (Tech: C++)

Developed a 3D terrain building and editing tool that integrated multiple data sources such as OpenFlight (.flt) terrain files and municipal data feeds. (Tech: C++, C#)

Proficient in C#, C++/C, Javascript, Java, Python, Clojure/ClojureScript, Go, Elixir
Experience with Nodejs, Vue.js, Phoenix Framework, Postgres, SQLite
Mobile app development experience with Qt and Xamarin
Skilled technical and proposal writer.