Edward Keyes

Embedded-systems software engineer

Role
Chief Engineer at Stardrive Labs
Location
Mountain View, CA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Edward Keyes

12 years of experience as a Google software engineer, including as Tech Lead for the team that built laser-communication terminals to establish 100-km broadband links in the stratosphere. Originally trained as an MIT physicist, now a generalist across system design, electronics, firmware, and software. Top Secret clearance last active 2025-12.

Experience

  1. Chief Engineer

    Stardrive Labs

    Feb 2019 — Present · Mountain View, CA, US

    Freelance consulting on embedded systems, and working on independent projects in the smart-device space.

Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Astrophysics, Plasma Physics

    1996 — 2005

  • Vanderbilt University

    B.S., Physics, Mathematics

    1992 — 1996

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