Electronics Engineer - Electronics Engineer MIT Kavli Institute Employee Review

Good community, flexible work schedule

Timeline can change drastically between weeks

I got an opportunity to boost the LIGO measurement range from 150 decibels to 165 decibels, enabling the capture of the first verifiable gravitational waves, originating from over a billion light-years distance and an event occuring over a billion years in the past. Einstein theorized the existence of these waves, but this was the first proof. Little did I know that in my engineering career I was going to end up such a critical contributor to a major scientific discovery as this.

I had to rework the electronics lab, but it was a fun challenge and opportunity to make a comfortable place for LIGO and MIT people to use for electronics advise and/or rework.