Daniel L.
SWE | Large-Scale Distributed Agent-Based Sims | DARPA/AFRL/NSF | C++/Python • Kubernetes
- Role
- Modeling and Simulation Software Engineer at KBR, Inc.
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Daniel L.
Physical autonomy accelerationist and agent orchestration hobbyist. Part-time nuclear…
Experience
Modeling and Simulation Software Engineer
Apr 2024 — Present · Washington, DC, US
Developed and automated deployment of C++ AFSIM plugins across scalable Kubernetes/Docker clusters, improving reproducibility and performance- Managed containerized distributed simulation environments with Kubernetes and Docker for DARPA programs, ensuring secure, large-scale runs under DoD requirements- Led team adoption of Terraform, authoring reusable modules to provision reproducible kind clusters and bootstrap Helm add-ons, reducing environment drift and setup errors- Built a RAG-based, quantized LLM CLI to query AFSIM documentation and authored a whitepaper on applying LLMs to modeling script generation, addressing security and compliance considerations- Developed a portable Python package for text mining operational doctrine corpora, enabling automated knowledge extraction across defense artifacts- Presented modeling and simulation analysis results weekly to DARPA clients and integrated feedback from military SMEs- Developed cost-integrated Monte Carlo optimization to quantify scenario costs and select capital-efficient platform mixes under budget and risk constraints; productionized with Python/Numba, SQL, and Airflow- Created and staged a highly portable Python package for specialized text data mining from operational doctrine corpora- Led a working group to develop a Knowledge Management (KM) business process for extracting terms and definitions from publications and artifacts.
Education
Brookdale Community College
High School Dual Enrollment - Mathematics & Core
United States Air Force Academy
Computer Science & Mathematics
University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering & Applied Science
BS, Applied Math
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