Will Kroboth

Lead Flat Sat Engineer @ Dark Fission Space Systems

Country

United States

City

Falls Church

Industry

Higher Education

Skill

team, Project-based Learning, GitHub, Teaching, Raspberry Pi Pico, C (Programming Language), Virtual Machines, Debugging Code, Project Management, Electrical Engineering, Computer Networking, Software Development, Classroom Management, System Configuration, Mathematics, MATLAB, Differential Equations, Robotics, Engineering, Quantum Computing

Experience

Lead Flat Sat Engineer

Dark Fission Space Systems

2026-6 - Present · 4 mos

Leesburg, VA

Refining the hardware and code base for Dark Fission's hardware in the loop (HIL) Flat Sat, supporting the development of their nuclear-powered (NTR) orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) satellite. Creating a framework for unit testing software and hardware components, running integration tests, and demonstrating mission operations.

Student Assistant

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

2026-1 - 2026-3 · 3 mos

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Hold office hours for students taking Embedded Systems for Robotics, helping them with lab work and homework assignments.

Lead Flat Sat Engineer

Dark Fission Space Systems

2025-5 - 2025-8 · 4 mos

Leesburg, Virginia, United States

Design, build, and program a flat sat for Dark Fission's nuclear-powered orbital transfer vehicle (OTV).

Code Sensei

Code Ninjas

2021-6 - 2022-10 · 1 yr 5 mos

Falls Church, Virginia, United States

* Provide computer programming instruction to kids aged 5-13. * Perform setup and maintenance for Windows laptops.

Education

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Robotics Engineering

2024-8 - 2028-5 · 3 yrs 10 mos

- Completed Coursework: Principles of Physics – Mechanics, Physics Electricity and Magnetism, Introduction to Static Systems, Multivariate Calculus, Differential Equations - Current Coursework: Computational Engineering, Introduction to Robotics Engineering, Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering, Probability for Applications