Jacob Kilbourn

Jacob Kilbourn has extensive work experience in the defense and security industry. Jacob is currently employed at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions as a Technical Lead and DSP Engineer III. In this role, they provide guidance to team members on designing and implementing components or services to meet system requirements. Jacob has optimized GNU Radio components for detecting and demodulating multiple signals on a satellite transponder simultaneously without prior information about the signals. Jacob has also designed and implemented the capability to detect and decode multiple LDPC rates using Nvidia Sionna and combined Auto Viterbi and Auto LDPC detection paths. Additionally, they have upgraded the base OS and software versions of products using Ansible scripts.

Prior to working at Kratos, Jacob served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve in various roles such as RF Transmissions Lead, Signal Monitoring Lead, and Cyber Defense Networks & System Ops Craftsman. Jacob has also worked as a System Engineer at Raytheon, where they designed software modems and generated test packets for uplink/downlink signals. Furthermore, they have worked as a Phillips Scholar/Intern at the Air Force Research Laboratory and as an RF Transmissions Journeyman in the United States Air Force.

Jacob Kilbourn earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Denver between 2016 and 2019. Prior to that, they obtained an Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree in Electronic Systems Technology from the Community College of the Air Force in 2017. Jacob completed their high school education at Olivet High School and received a high school diploma in 2011. In addition, Jacob Kilbourn holds a certification in CompTIA Security+ from CompTIA, which was obtained in 2023.