Brian Simms Email & Phone Number

Greater Denver Area

• Systems Engineering Consultant on Lockheed Martin's Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) mission• Fault Management and Systems Engineering Consultant on BWXT's Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) mission • Mentor the systems engineering team on Lockheed Martin’s Parsec mission, establish the requirements architecture• FSW Manager on Earth Observant’s M Constellation• Independent Review Board Chair - Design Reviews for Space Sciences Lab (SSL) Berkeley’s Escapade mission• Requirements Manager on Lockheed Martin’s Cryogenic Demonstration Mission• Requirements Manager on Lockheed Martin’s HLS Appendix N submittal to NASA• Chief Systems Engineer on Nanoracks’ Mission Extension Kit• Verification and Validation Lead and mentor on Lockheed Martin’s Janus program (a NASA SIMPLEx mission)• Verification and Validation Consultant on Lockheed Martin’s Lunar Trailblazer program• Support Lockheed Martin’s National Team HLS Ascent Element requirements development• Generate a collaboratively developed Software Quality Process for Advanced Space• Perform a software architecture review to support Advanced Space’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System (CAPS)• Generate avionics designs to support Advanced Solutions, Inc. with their Human Landing System – Descent / Ascent Element manned lunar lander IDR and with Nanoracks Mission Extension Kit study• Capture lessons learned for CU LASP on the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) for future process improvement• Design and run the test campaign for the EMM Solid State Recorder (SSR) flight software• Design and run the risk reduction test campaign for EMM

Littleton, Co

• Managed the EMM SSR software development and test effort• Collaborated with the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) FSW management team on process improvement, requirements elaboration, schedule development, and FSW system architecture• Provided consulting support to EMM Spacecraft Technical Lead on fault protection and system-level architecture• Supported Orion Fault Management team designing a robust, human-rated vehicle fault management architecture• Developed architecture, conops, and documentation for Orion time, communications, and power-up / initialization• Managed DOORS database module for Fault Management Design Documentation and links to FSW requirements

• Created a Systems Engineering primer to define process, architecture, and tool use• Managed decomposition of requirements, compliance status, and verification method capture• Managed programmatic risk

Louisville, Co

• Actively updated / improved processes and workflow on the Orbcomm Gen 2 satellite constellation program• Established data review standards and reviewed tests on in-production satellites• Created DOORS and requirements standards for the Space Systems Group

Denver, Co

• Systems Engineer on a team responsible for proposals, requirements, design, test, verification, validation, and deployment of proprietary hardware & software enabling computer-aided dispatch for mass transit authority buses• Created/developed strategies for process/efficiency improvements to enable greater ROI of company resources

• Fault Management Architect on GOES-R responsible for requirements, design, implementation, test, verification, and validation of the spacecraft’s autonomous single-fault tolerant Fault Management System in a multi-disciplinary environment (Software, Thermal, Power, Guidance / Control, Propulsion, Mechanisms, Operations)

Littleton, Co

• Systems Lead on MRO responsible for managing the Systems flight team resources and schedule for building/validating special command sequences, performing routine operations, and troubleshooting anomalies• Requirements Lead on GRAIL (a NASA lunar gravity mapping mission) responsible for developing spacecraft-level requirements and verifications while acting as DOORS database admin• Created/facilitated/led a users group of DOORS database admins upon discovering a need for such a group, while functioning as the DOORS POC for multiple programs• Payload Interface Lead on MRO responsible for ensuring science instrument needs were met while guaranteeing spacecraft and instrument safety• Developed MRO flight ops software tools for automating flight command review process, initiated basic CM

Littleton, Co

• Wrote requirements, designed, and developed MRO flight software (embedded C) to interface with multiple science instruments• Unit-tested (100% coverage) flight software modules to verify requirements and aid in debugging• Developed Perl middleware on R&D project IRAD-D05D (development and flight test review and analysis tool)• Debugged and reworked JavaScript (with Livewire) front-end to a database on a classified system• Delivered code to the customer site and assisted in debugging code on the operational system

King Of Prussia, Pa

• Helped manage Interface Design Documents on a classified program, assisted with requirements / allocations

Master Of Science, Computer Science And Engineering

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Tennis, Squash, Academic Computing