About Me

I’m Jon Mooney — a systems engineer with 15 years in the defense industry and image processing. I lead a team of engineers developing algorithms at Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control division, working on infrared sensor systems for threat detection and tracking. That’s meant:

• Designing algorithms in MATLAB and Simulink
• Pushing performance-critical code into C++ and CUDA
• Building threat models and simulation environments for system-level performance assessment
• Optimizing algorithms for low-SWaP embedded platforms
• Planning flight test campaigns to validate it all on real hardware

It’s the kind of work that’s allowed me to develop a deep understanding of the physics, the software implementation constraints, and the system architecture required to transition advanced algorithm techniques to the customer. That foundation has grown my career into leading teams that develop the technology from concept through deployment.

Outside of defense, I’m passionate about self-hosting and home automation. I run a home server that handles everything from centralized file storage for photos, videos, and documentation to local AI workloads, with a focus on privacy-first alternatives to cloud services. This website is actually a product of that infrastructure — an AI-automated content pipeline that drafts, generates, and publishes content with minimal manual intervention.

I studied Aerospace Engineering at the University of Central Florida, which gave me the physics and math foundation that still drives how I approach algorithm design. Whether it’s in my career or a personal project, I’m happiest when I’m solving hard problems with code and seeing the system come together.