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Littleton, Co, Us

Orange County, Ca, Us

Englewood, Colorado, Us

- Airframe design lead responsible for tasking of the design team- Technical lead for the Overture fuselage and wing vendors- Performed trade studies to advance conceptual design for multiple areas of the vehicle, including the forward wing-to-body joint, forward fuel tank, main landing gear interface, and engine mounts.- Created an automated wing sizing tool including FEMAP APIs and Excel VBA scripts to perform initial strength and stability sizing of wing spars, ribs, skins, and stringers.- Led the initial crashworthiness efforts including an early engagement with the FAA subject matter experts.

Englewood, Colorado, Us

Design lead for the XB-1 aft fuselage, a clean-sheet design which interfaces with the vertical and horizontal stabilizers and all three engines. Led a team of up to 35 engineers to bring the aft fuselage structure from the concept phase through detailed design and analysis, manufacturing, and requirements verification. Also performed the thermal analysis for this thermally complex area of the vehicle.

- Chief Engineer responsible for managing a team of Subject Matter Experts to ensure technical quality and consistency across programs. Also developed technical processes and reviewed major company deliverables.- Project lead and primary designer for in-house satellite solar array development, including multiple related mechanisms.

Project lead for Flush Air Data System (FADS) Thermal Protection System (TPS) development contract for a major aerospace corporation. Created detailed designs, conducted trade studies, and managed budget and schedule for a team of five engineers.

Mechanical engineer for both contract and in-house work, often concurrently working multiple projects across a range of disciplines:- Lead designer for NASA Orion Heatshield AVCOAT TPS (Thermal Protection System)- Thermal protection design for Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser space plane- Satellite layout and integration for multiple microsatellites- Mechanisms design for Lockheed Martin's ALASA (Airborne Launch Assist Space Access) rocket proposal- Thermal analysis and design using Thermal Desktop- Data acquisition and mechanism control using LabVIEW- Proposal writing and report authoring

Bethesda, Md, Us

Lead designer and Certified Principal Engineer delegate for the PA-1 (Pad Abort 1) and EFT-1 (Engineering Flight Test 1) Forward Bay Cover Retention and Release Mechanism. Designed components, released drawings, supported manufacturing, wrote test plans, and led trade studies. Responsible for day-to-day tasking of a group of up to five designers and analysts.

Graduate Certificate, Computer Science

Bs, Mechanical Engineering