Ben Herbert Email & Phone Number

United States

Sterling, Virginia, Us

Customers and Programs: ● 2019; 2021: Blue Origin: New Glenn - Systems Engineering and Requirements for Avionics Subsystem, New Glenn Validation and SEIT support● 2020-2021: Northrop Grumman / Blue Origin “National Team”: Artemis Program Human Landing System (HLS) Appendix H - Fault Management and System Autonomy, Requirements and Functions, Safety and Hazard Analysis, Proposal and Program Support and Leadership● 2021: Northrop Grumman : NASA Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) - Deputy CAM for Environmental Control and Life Support Subsystem ● 2021: UC Berkeley : Systems Engineering and high level design support for a large space telescope program study● 2022: Northrop Grumman : Artemis Program Human Landing System (HLS) Appendix N and P- Environmental Control and Life Support System Integration and Team Lead; Deputy Lead Systems Engineer● 2022: Startup Customer : Systems Engineering support for conceptual development of a SSA mission● 2023: Lockheed Martin : Systems Engineering, Project Management, and Proposal Management support and leadership for Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services (LTVS) (~billion dollar class proposal)● 2024: Zeno Power Systems : Program Management and Systems Engineering for the Low-Profile Electric-Propulsion Nuclear Satellite (LENS) Project● 2024: Lockheed Martin : Fault Management and System Autonomy team member for the Artemis Program Human Landing System (HLS) Sustained Lunar Development (SLD) National Team Transporter Element

● Performed and managed: power and energy budget, orbital analysis, requirement and interface development, concept of operations and mode development, risk management, trade studies, and fault management for small sat programs● Developed, coordinated, and led a successful critical design review and multiple technical interchange meetings● Tasked and coordinated with subsystem disciplines to facilitate successful program execution● Assisted in programmatic tasks including: schedule development, proposal writing, procurement, andvendor selection, and management

Customer: Adcole Maryland AerospacePrograms: 12U CubeSat Phase I SBIR ● Served as lead systems engineer to mature vehicle and mission concept from proposal through Phase I SBIR● Coordinated and led two successful design reviews with government customer● Performed and managed: power and energy budget, data budget, requirement and interfacedevelopment, risk management, and trade studies● Developed SBIR final report and technical content for Phase II proposal

Sparks, Nv, Us

Senior Systems Engineer, Software and System Autonomy Group | Louisville, CO Programs: Dream Chaser Crew Transportation and Cargo Resupply Systems● Facilitated task management across and between a broad range of technical areas and functional disciplines for a reusable spaceplane system intended to fly to the International Space Station● Proactively sought out and resolved technical, process, and programmatic deficiencies● Developed and managed: autonomy requirements, autonomy design and documentation, technical and programmatic trade studies, software development processes, systems engineering processes, software group tasking, concepts of operation, and vehicle modes● Participated in and significantly contributed to: failure mode and effects analyses and other NASA Safety Review Panel products, system functional architecture definition (particularly with respect to channelization and fault tolerance), software release schedules, statements of work definition, vendor down­select, and change control boards● Implemented use of Scrum and served as Scrum Master● Technically collaborated with NASA customer and vendors

Dulles, Va, Us

Principal Systems Engineer | Dulles, VA Programs: Orion Launch Abort System, Cygnus Cargo Resupply Service, Stratolaunch Air Launch System● Developed, managed, and verified system ­level and low ­level requirements and interfaces in all phases of the program life cycle for human rated satellites and launch vehicles● Developed functional test descriptions for software qualification testing and vehicle integration and test● Reviewed test results to verify requirements● Coordinated, developed materials for, and participated in several major design reviews● Interacted significantly with both industry partners and government customers● Supported business development activities/proposals for satellite systems, including engineering analysis, technical writing/presentations, and subcontractor selection● Managed a team of four junior engineers● Trained and supervised interns● Efforts resulted in: successful Orion Pad Abort­1 test and two successful Cygnus missions to theInternational Space Station● Received NASA Group Achievement Award (2011) and Orbital “Rising Star” Award (2010)

Dulles, Va, Us

Intern, Dulles, VA, May 2006 – Aug 2006Supported business development activities for LEO satellite systems, including engineering analysis, technical writing/presentations, and subcontractor selection.

Greenbelt, Md, Us

Participated in multi-disciplinary NASA immersion program designed to develop leaders in the aerospace industry; Assisted with x-ray detector R&D.

Pasadena, Ca, Us

NASA/NY Space Grant Intern, Pasadena, CA, June 2003 - August 2003; June 2004 – August 2004 Worked on the proposal team for a Discovery-class lunar mission; Researched volatile transport on Triton (telescope data collection, data reduction, analysis).

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Applied And Engineering Physics

Master Of Science (Ms), Aerospace Engineering Sciences