David Rand Email & Phone Number

Greenbelt, Md

Currently serving as instrument systems engineer (ISE) for selected instrument on Heliophysics flagship mission. Successfully lead the team through System Requirements Review (SRR). Leveraging Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) for this effort as the team moves into preliminary design.Completed support of NASA Lunar Gateway science instrument design, development, fabrication, and test for a Class D instrument. Served as systems lead, as well as multiple other roles include leading: mechanical, EEE parts, integration and test. Able to grow across the board from seeing the process from start to finish for all aspects of the instrument build. Lead operations and systems engineering for the Fast Plasma Investigation (FPI) on the MMS mission constellation of spacecraft. Managed the health & safety and quality of science returns of 64 plasma spectrometers across four MMS observatories. Worked to continuously improve ground processes and practices to streamline and optimize instrument ops. Worked across teams including missions ops, science ops, flight dynamics, and the science community to ensure the instrument suite performs at or beyond expectations.

Manage Flight Dynamics teams including customer relationships, cost, staff, schedule, and ensure quality of deliveries. Bring new technology and techniques to current challenges while taking advantage of the best capabilities of the team. Leverage operations and system engineering experience to improve overall team value to the customer.Built, maintained, and promoted the use of a central collaboration system for use across a contract and beyond. Worked with teams to exploit the tool for their needs and ensure they had what they needed to use it properly.

Flight dynamics ops maneuver lead and primary mission planning systems developer for the EOS Aqua and Aura missions. Also variously supported EO-1, ST-5, CALIPSO, Cloudsat, ISS planning R&D, JWST mission planning and Orbit Determination analysis, Glory, and OCO.

Ensured quality and completeness of spacecraft hardware throughout the manufacturing process. From initial requirements and design specs from the customer, to initiation of manufacture, test, final inspection, and shipment.

Master Of Science - Ms, Systems Engineering

Almost finished adding to my experience with the academic side of systems engineering. I continue to apply what I have learned.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Underclass General Aviation Design Team as a Junior (3rd place nationally), AIAA Aircraft Senior Design Team.