Cameron Gordon
Electronics built for space, defense, and everywhere hardware can’t fail.
Hardware engineer at Draper. I design environmentally hardened, high-speed digital circuit boards, integrating FPGAs and high-speed memory into systems that survive orbit, the battlefield, and everything in between.
Highlights
Experience
Seven years across space, defense, automotive, and medical hardware — from co-op projects shipping in production Teslas to mission-critical radar and spaceflight systems.
- DraperHardware Engineer, MTS2Environmentally hardened high-speed digital design — FPGAs and high-speed memory for space and defense systems.
- RaytheonElectrical Engineer P2, Receiver Exciter & Back End ProcessingLed DREX receiver/exciter integration for the Sea-Based X-Band Radar on a $2.2B missile defense program.
- Redwire SpaceHardware & Embedded Software Engineering InternFirst-spin success on a new quad sun sensor for LEO satellites at ~70% lower unit cost.
- Liberty DefenseAltium Design Engineering ConsultantUnified RF part library for the HEXWAVE scanner — 350+ engineering hours saved per year.
- TeslaDisplay Electrical Engineering Co-opDisplay boards redesigned and released to manufacturing for Model 3/Y/S/X production vehicles.
- Fresenius Medical CareR&D Electrical Engineering Co-opCut high-speed bus noise 75% on life-critical dialysis machine electronics.
Education
- Northeastern UniversityM.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering · 4.0 GPAGraduate focus on hardware and embedded systems, capped by the Summit Signal satellite SOS device.
- Northeastern UniversityB.S. Electrical Engineering · Summa Cum LaudeFive-year co-op program combining coursework with 21 months of industry experience.
Selected work
Personal embedded devices and race-car systems — every board designed, laid out, brought up, and validated end to end.
Capabilities
Depth in high-speed digital and embedded hardware, with the firmware and validation skills to carry a board from schematic to qualified product.
PCB Design
- High-Speed Digital Layout
- Analog Circuit Design
- Power Electronics
- RF & Impedance Control
- Design for Manufacturing
- Signal & Power Integrity
Embedded Firmware
- C / C++
- STM32 / ARM Cortex
- I2C · SPI · UART · CAN
- Bluetooth LE
- Bootloaders & Bring-up
FPGA & High-Speed Digital
- FPGA Integration
- High-Speed Memory (DDR)
- Timing & Synchronization
- Radiation-Tolerant Design
- Receiver/Exciter Systems
Test & Validation
- Requirement Validation
- Root Cause Analysis
- Acceptance Test Procedures
- EMC / Noise Debugging
- Design of Experiments
Tools & Software
- Altium Designer
- Python
- MATLAB
- PSpice
- SolidWorks
- Git · Jira · Confluence
About
I’m a hardware engineer at Draper in Cambridge, MA, designing environmentally hardened, high-speed digital circuit boards for space and military systems — the kind of hardware that has to work the first time, every time, in environments where repair isn’t an option.
I hold an M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering (4.0 GPA) and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering (summa cum laude) from Northeastern University, where co-ops at Tesla, Redwire Space, Fresenius Medical Care, and Liberty Defense gave me 21 months of industry experience before graduating. At Raytheon I led receiver/exciter integration on a $2.2B radar program; today I integrate FPGAs and high-speed memory into boards built to survive orbit.
Off the clock you’ll find me building satellite-connected gadgets, in the mountains stress-testing them, or mentoring the next generation of formula EV engineers.
Let’s build something
Open to conversations about hardware engineering, interesting problems, and opportunities in aerospace and defense.