Embedded software for Starlink
Edward Silva
Embedded Software Engineer, SpaceX / Starlink
BS Electrical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines (May 2026)
Electrical engineer out of Colorado School of Mines, now writing embedded software at SpaceX
Outside of work: Astronomy, Hiking
Experience
Sped up real-time DSP code 1.6x via C++ refactoring and AVX-512 SIMD vectorization during a defense-industry internship
Projects
Designed the electromagnet and flux path for a semi-active MR-fluid mountain bike damper, sponsored by ARUS MR Tech, that matched commercial forks on weight at a lower price
Designed and compared Extended and Unscented Kalman Filters in MATLAB and Simulink to estimate unmeasured states of the EMBR damper, including terrain load, with the UKF providing tighter error bounds
Built a real-time auto-tune pipeline in MATLAB and benchmarked FFT against autocorrelation pitch detection, measuring a 2.68x speedup for FFT
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Designed a 50 Hz discrete-time gantry crane controller in the z-domain, reaching a 48-degree phase margin with zero overshoot and under 1 degree of payload swing
Built the Python and OpenCV vision stack for a 4-person autonomous maze robot, delivering the second-fastest run of the semester cohort
Hydraulic Ram Pump
Fall 2022
Built a sub-$100 PVC hydraulic ram pump with pH filtration to mitigate acid mine drainage, within a 6-person team
Education
BS Electrical EngineeringMinor in Computer Science
Colorado School of MinesGolden, COGraduated May 2026