Ian Claypool Email & Phone Number

Malden, Massachusetts, United States

Space Systems Engineer and Lead Avionics Architect for development of high reliability systems. • Developing flight computer and system requirements for Human Lander System (HLS).• Led the development of turbo machinery and engine test facility requirements specifications for the Blue Origin BE-4 rocket motor.• Developed and maintained all Dream Chaser CRS2 flight computer board level specifications.• Performing FSW validation for NASA Space Launch System launch vehicle.• Led design and development of a wearable sensor system for assessing Soldier carried electronics. • Systems engineering lead for EPS and Data Bus elements of Dream Chaser CRS1 avionics.• Led team that developed Lunar Habitat electronics and life support system reliability models.• Developed and presented lunar habitat modeling results at the US Chamber of Commerce Space Symposium. • Extensive development and use of models for design of space systems including launch vehicles.• Developed embedded systems for monitoring power performance of Army Infantry equipment.• Developed S-Function models in C++ for a large scale SIMULINK based launch vehicle simulation.• Developed launch vehicle propulsion system models in C and C++. • Developed performance models for a unique MEMS sensor to evaluate system requirements.• Led the systems engineering team of a MEMs based sensor development effort. • Led the control system design for of an extreme long duration UAV concept.• Developed verification requirements and generated FEMECA for a manned launch vehicle program

Flight Operations Technical Lead for a Critical Government Spacecraft. • Flight Operations Lead for Launch and Initial Operations and Test• Worked as part of a multi-contractor effort to deliver, launch, and initialize the spacecraft• Developed mechanism deployment plans and operations as well as command sequences• Key member of the ground system validation and verification effort• Developed inputs to spacecraft simulations

Ground product development and operations lead for multiple satellite platforms. • Performed post anomaly requirements validation and analysis as part of a companywide effort.• Team Leader for Electrical Power Subsystem and Ion Propulsion flight software and ground system software for HS601HP communications satellite product line. • Operational Lead for spacecraft deployments for multiple platforms.• EPS Operations Lead for more than a dozen commercial spacecraft.• Led design through ground product development for spacecraft deployments for multiple platforms.• Developed CONOPs for satellite electrical power subsystem and mechanism deployments.• Developed and conducted operational training for commercial satellite customers.• Systems Engineering representative on a Tiger Team assembled to resolve issues with commercial satellite ion propulsion system.

Developed operations products for a new generation of commercial communications satellites.• Developed Recommended Operating Procedures for Hughes 601HP Communications Satellite.• Wrote and tested command sequences (PROCS) for Electrical Power Subsystem Operations and General Fault Recovery.• Assisted Dynacs Management with marketing and new business development.

Mission planning lead for the Galileo spacecraft Jupiter arrival sequencing. Assistant Science Coordinator for Jupiter orbital mission observations for remote sensing and fields and particles instruments. • Developed Mission Plans, Science instrument command sequences, Operating Strategies, Guidelines, and Constraints.• Developed tools for modeling magnetospheric and optical sensors in order to optimize instrument observations.• Worked with operations modeling tools to develop timelines for science instrument sequences as part of the overall mission planning effort.• Developed remote sensing instrument sequences for Galileo observations of the SL-9 comet Jupiter impacts.• Developed science instrument observation experiments and observations for both remote sensing and in-situ instruments as part of the Galileo program at JPL.• Generated and used data analysis tools for evaluating science return for Galileo magnetometer.• Developed Low Gain Antenna Mission CONOPs and evaluation tools.• Developed orbital modeling tools for use in evaluating instrument observation opportunities for Galileo remote sensing and in-situ instruments.• Developed models in Excel and C to estimate science instrument data return based on various anomaly resolution approaches including different ground station array configurations for the Galileo spacecraft.• Developed software models used to evaluate data return based on ground station configurations.• Led the team which developed all aspects of Jupiter arrival planning.

Manhattan Beach

Managed six mainframe and microcomputer networks for Government clients under a GSA contract.• Managed 47 employees in 6 locations including USAF Space Systems Division.• Wrote proposals for new business, negotiated new contracts, and recruited to fill vacancies.• Assessed customer requirements to develop proposal cost estimates.• Responsible for adding 3 new tasks with more than 30 additional employees.• Responsible for employee training and development.• Instrumental in generating new business including a 100+ personnel contract with the INS.

Cobra Judy Mission Director for the USNS Observation Island, a Range Instrumentation Ship involved in orbital and sub-orbital target tracking. Experiment Integration Manager for the CRRES satellite for the Space Test Program.• Ranking officer on the Air Force’s largest range instrumentation ship.• Directed all ship’s operations and instrumentation.• Directed ship’s instrumentation engineering development, and planning.• Generated and delivered system operations and technical overview presentations on Cobra Judy to USAF, USN, and USA flag officers and Congressional Staff on multiple occasions.• Performed data analysis of Cobra Judy radar observations to estimate system performance and sortie success.• Developed requirements & test plans for implementation/validation of new hardware & software.• Experiment integration manager for a joint USAF/NASA spacecraft for the Space Test Program.• Responsible for accounting and allocation of mass, power, and telemetry budgets for spacecraft experiments.• Investigated, identified, and located surplus ground handling equipment for the SSUS-A upper stage motor for satellite perigee kick motor.• Evaluated system and payload safety of USAF Space Shuttle payloads.

Phd, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bs, Astronautical Engineering