Flynn Cruse | Resume

Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Co-Chairman of Board

• Led development of Tutechy, an AI-driven education platform with multimodal tutoring features (voice, text-to-speech, camera input), curriculum integration, and three custom-built Unity games.
• Developed recursive prompting frameworks, agentic design patterns, and AI driven code generation, execution, verification & regeneration, algorithms.
• Utilized exceptional management, communication, documentation, coding, and research skills – demonstrated by running a team of 15+ engineers and scientists across multiple time zones.

TuTechy Technical Stack (Service-based architecture):

• AI Service: Python/FastAPI, PostgreSQL/pgvector, multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, DeepSeek), async streaming, tooling for AI Agents.
• API Layer: TypeScript/Node.js/Express, Prisma ORM
• Frontend: Next.js 15+, Redux Toolkit, Tailwind CSS, Radix UI components
• Infrastructure: Docker, AWS (AKS, Cognito, RDS, connection pooling, S3, ECS), third-party APIs (Deepgram, ElevenLabs, Mathpix)

Lead Pressure Control Systems (PCS) Engineer within the ECLSS Department

As the lead engineer for Space Perspective's spaceship pressure control system, I took full ownership of the PCS from inception to successful flight testing. I am responsible for the complete lifecycle of the pressure control system for a space capsule designed to reach the edge of space.

• Designed, analyzed, prototyped, built, and tested the complete pressure control system that successfully maintained cabin pressure during flight.
• Developed and successfully tested pressure control algorithms through self-created Amesim modeling and real flight hardware testing.
• Created hardware integration designs in CAD (OnShape) for seamless PCS integration into the space capsule.
• Led numerous design reviews with senior engineers, team leads, and the company's CEO.
• Applied aerospace industry standards to perform critical flowrate and flow-coefficient calculations.
• Collaborated across departments to define cabin-pressure requirements and ultimately delivered a system that passed all tests during edge-of-space flight.

Aerospace Structures Engineer

At Collier Aerospace, I conducted comprehensive structural trade studies that compared composite laminate with metallic structure designs for multiple aerospace contracts. My engineering work resulted in significant improvements to aerospace components.

• Achieved a 60% weight reduction on the structural components of the payload while meeting all critical engineering criteria.
• Ensured designs met frequency, buckling, stress, strain, and compression after impact requirements.
• Utilized Nastran Knowledge Network to understand software solving methods in depth, then verified analysis results with detailed hand calculations for additional validation.