Ty Freeman

Test Engineer and team lead with 3+ years of experience in embedded systems verification, hardware/software integration testing, and test infrastructure development. Founded and scaled a test engineering department at a defense-sector company: building the team, tooling, and processes from the ground up. Strong technical background with hands-on experience across the full embedded stack — hardware characterization, RF testing, firmware, and software architecture — with a strong emphasis on clean design and rigorous debugging.

Holds active US Secret clearance.

Sr. Test Engineer at Safran Federal Systems (2023-06 – Present)

Promoted from Test Engineer

• Founded the test engineering department from the ground up as its first hire; grew the team to 4 engineers and defined SOPs adopted across all product lines.
• Established cross-functional communication workflows between test, hardware, and firmware disciplines to coordinate and execute product verification.
• Architected an extensible modular test framework in Python/Pytest supporting 3 product lines; automated API regression testing across ~200 API functions in ~6 minutes: a 400% speed improvement over manual methods.
• Debugged manufacturing defects across 5 product lines, working with both in-house production and contract manufacturers to resolve critical issues.
• Served as on-site Test Engineer supporting factory acceptance testing of COSPAS-SARSAT certified beacons at a contract manufacturer, including testing conducted in front of government inspectors.
• Led or assisted Factory Acceptance Testing on 3 products and served as technical expert during an on-site customer demonstration.

Firmware Engineer at SimpliSafe (2021-01 – 2021-12)

• Developed new features in a mixed C and C++ embedded environment on products utilizing both MCU and SoC architectures across several modes of operation.
• Extended Python-based production software to simultaneously update and test all connected units, increasing per-bench throughput by 16x.
• Led off-site iterative characterization testing on Fresnel lenses for IR radiation detection.
• Developed a desktop application to access and analyze test data from an AWS database, enabling interactive characterization of products and software in beta testing.

M.S. in Electrical Engineering – Rochester Institute of Technology (2023-05)

B.S. in Electrical Engineering – Rochester Institute of Technology (2023-05)