Charles Loucks

Charles Loucks has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Charles began their career as a Lead Engineer at Visteon Racing, where they developed fuel control algorithms for Formula One's Stewart Racing and made significant use of SIL and HIL for software verification. Charles then joined Ford Automatic Transmission Operations as a Lead Engineer, where they developed embedded software code and documentation and played a crucial role in developing adaptive control and Keep Alive Memory algorithms for Automatic Transmission control. Charles continued their tenure at Ford Motor Company as a Lead Engineer, conducting Technical Design Reviews on supplier's Instrument Cluster embedded software and presenting risk assessments to senior management. Charles later joined IAV Automotive Engineering as the IAV Chief Engineer, leading the development of OBD-II algorithms and engineering solutions for Chevrolet and Getrag applications. In their most recent role at Tula Technology Inc., Charles worked as a Senior Firmware Engineer, filing patent applications and developing rapid prototype software for Tula's proprietary Dynamic Skip Fire technology. Charles also developed low-level Firmware Software drivers and an Engine-Operation-Mode application feature.

Charles Loucks obtained a Master's degree in Engineering Management from the University of Detroit-Mercy (UDM) from 2001 to 2005. Prior to that, they pursued a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (EE) at Wayne State University. No specific start or end dates were provided for their Bachelor's degree.