Tyler Smelt
About Tyler Smelt
Tyler Smelt is a Senior Electrical Engineer with extensive experience in hardware design and engineering, currently working at Innoflight since 2020. He has previously held positions at The Aerospace Corporation, Harvey Mudd College, Pierce County, and TrellisWare Technologies, where he contributed to various projects including flight computer interfaces and secure IP network encryption devices.
Work at Innoflight
Currently, Tyler Smelt serves as a Senior Electrical Engineer at Innoflight, a position he has held since 2020. In this role, he focuses on advanced engineering projects related to aerospace and satellite communications. His responsibilities include leading technical teams and contributing to the design and development of innovative hardware solutions.
Previous Experience in Aerospace Engineering
Before joining Innoflight, Tyler Smelt worked at TrellisWare Technologies as a Hardware Design Engineer from 2013 to 2020. He was involved in engineering an XMC single-board computer, which included components such as an x86 SoC and DDR4 memory. His earlier roles included positions at The Aerospace Corporation and Harvey Mudd College, where he contributed to engineering research and development projects.
Education and Expertise
Tyler Smelt earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College, completing his studies from 2009 to 2013. His educational background has equipped him with a strong foundation in electrical engineering principles, which he applies in his current and previous roles. His expertise includes hardware design, signal integrity simulations, and network encryption technologies.
Engineering Projects and Contributions
Throughout his career, Tyler has designed various engineering solutions, including a flight computer interface board that integrates SGMII Ethernet PHYs and RS-422/485 transceivers. He also created a sensor and actuator control board featuring analog signal conditioning and H-bridge motor controllers. His work in developing IP networking hardware acceleration cores using VHDL and firmware in C demonstrates his technical proficiency in complex engineering tasks.