Microsoft — Senior Software Engineer
–present
I work on the Azure allocator control plane.
Resume
Khoi Tran · hello@khoit.dev
More detail on LinkedIn.
Experience
Amazon Web Services — Software Development Engineer II
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Built cloud desktop virtualization systems, working on network protocols, credential modernization, and reliability.
CAE — Software Engineer II
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Developed autonomous navigation and procedure simulations for helicopter trainers, alongside refueling controls and shared weather services.
Teal — Flight Controls Engineer
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Integrated PX4, wrote an ultrasonic sensor driver, and helped bring up the Teal One flight-control board.
Vayu, Inc — Control Systems Engineer
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Developed an autonomous medical-delivery aircraft and helped run a pilot carrying medical samples in Madagascar.
CAE — Software Engineering Intern
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Built radar-warning audio and a simulator-initialization database interface for a C-130J trainer.
Earlier research & student work
McGill University — UAV Research Assistant
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Researched high-wind flight control, moving-platform takeoff and landing, and onboard wind sensing.
McGill University — Undergraduate Researcher
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Worked on embedded-system performance modeling and, later, attitude control for a high-altitude balloon payload.
McGill student teams — Programmer & Engineering Lead
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Built communications software for CanSat and LunarEx, then led computer systems and systems integration for McGill Robotics.
Education
McGill University — Master’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering
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McGill University — B.Eng., Electrical and Electronics Engineering
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