Lawrence M. Schlitt (BS'12 Applied Mathematics, BS'12/MS'16 in Electrical & Computer Engineering) is a PhD Candidate at the University of Utah, specializing in design-for-test and calibration of large-scale silicon photonic integrated circuits. He also serves as a Senior Staff Chief Engineer and Technical Fellow at Northrop Grumman, with 14 years of experience in aerospace and defense. His expertise spans system development, with emphasis on architecture definition, cross-disciplinary design, high-fidelity modeling and simulation, and full-lifecycle integration and test. He is a professional member of IEEE.