Principal Systems Engineer
CurrentSystems Engineer developing space instrument concepts, writing proposals to funding agencies and leading teams to execute on instrument contracts. Some ongoing assignments include:Systems Engineer for Focal Plane Subsystem and Electronics, E-THEMIS contract (2015-present) Technical leadership for subsystems of the Europa Thermal Emission Spectrometer program developing a remote thermal mapping instrument for a NASA mission to Jupiter's moon, Europa. Principal Investigator for CIRiS (2016-present)Program management and technical oversight for the Compact Infrared Radiometer in Space, a Cubesat spacecraft and instrument that will be demonstrated in low earth orbit.June 2016: Participated in a weeklong intercalibration event at the UK National Physical Laboratory by calibrating a Ball-built imaging radiometer and analyzing the instrument's radiometric uncertainty.