📱 (503) 929-3771 | ✉️ brandan@brandanlasley.com | 💼 LinkedIn | 🔗 GitHub | 📍 Phoenix, Arizona
Safety-critical software engineer with 3+ years developing avionics systems for commercial aircraft. Specialized in performance optimization, systems programming, and DO-178C compliant development. Proven track record of building scalable applications serving thousands of users and modernizing legacy systems.
Honeywell Aerospace | Phoenix, Arizona
Jan 2023 – Present
- Design, develop, and maintain avionics user interface pages for the Flight Management System (FMS) on the Multi-Function Control and Display Unit (MCDU) and Multi-Function Display (MFD) for Airbus commercial aircraft using ADA, C++, and C in a safety-critical, DO-178C-compliant environment
- Perform verification, integration, and validation (IV&V) of flight deck interfaces to ensure compliance with Airbus requirements and human factors standards, contributing to zero safety incidents in deployed systems
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (systems, safety, and test engineers) to refine requirements, conduct design reviews, and support certification activities for multiple aircraft programs
- Develop and maintain custom aerospace tools including IDE plugins, compilers, and static analysis tools using React and C#
- Lead development and maintenance of internal web-based tooling for 50+ engineers, enhancing team productivity and traceability across software versions
- Oversee and manage physical FMS test benches and lab environments used for regression, integration, and system-level testing
- Support debugging, defect analysis, and root-cause investigation for in-service issues
Marion Area Multi Agency Emergency Telecommunication Center [METCOM] | Woodburn, Oregon
June 2015 – June 2016
- Developed interactive web applications using Leaflet JS, AngularJS, PHP and MySQL used to help with the organization and communication of emergency responders in big emergencies such as wild fires
- Safety-Critical Systems: Contributed to DO-178C Level A software development for commercial aviation with zero defects
- Performance Optimization: Increased game engine object limits from 2,000 to 65,535 through memory management improvements
- Community Impact: Built Oregon 9-1-1 platform serving thousands of users during emergencies, gaining 10K+ Twitter followers
- Systems Programming: Specialized in assembly-level optimization and reverse engineering for performance improvements
- Led modernization of 1998 Electronic Arts game engine, porting to modern systems and extending multiplayer capacity from 4 to 8 players
- Rewrote scripting engine using SOL3 LUA, enabling community modifications and reducing development time
- Engineered performance improvements: rewrote input subsystem (RawInput), audio (SFML), and memory management, increasing object limits by 3,100% (2K to 65K objects)
- Technologies: C++14, DirectX6-9, x86 Assembly, Jenkins CI/CD, reverse engineering
GitHub (Front End) | GitHub (Back End) | Washington County Feed | Clackamas County Feed
- Developed and maintained interactive map service that visualized real-time emergency calls in the Portland metro area from 2009 to 2017, serving thousands of users during peak times
- Built front-end using PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL, with backend services written in Perl, C++, and Visual Basic.NET
- Created Twitter feeds that amassed a total of 10k followers across multiple accounts for different emergency services
- Developed interactive website/map displaying all calls, unit statuses (en-route, on-scene, etc), previous call history, and user subscribable alerts
- Built interactive map using Leaflet JS, PHP, AngularJS, and PostgreSQL
- Visualized traffic accidents within the Washington and Clackamas counties in Oregon
- Implemented ability to filter incidents by date and area in real time using interactive tools
Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Jan 2018 – May 2022
- Safety-Critical Development: DO-178C, ADA, Airbus Requirements, IV&V, Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing
- Systems Programming: C, C++, Intel Assembly (x86-64), Performance Optimization, Memory Management
- Modern Development: C#, React, Python, Java, Git, Visual Studio, Linux
- Web Technologies: PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AngularJS, LeafletJS, React
- Specialized Tools: Valgrind, Intel Parallel Studio, Jenkins, DirectX, OpenSSL, Boost, Poco