James Ott Email & Phone Number

Responsible Engineer for the Thrust Chamber Assembly of the Reaver engine.

Seattle, Washington, United States

- Conducting experiments on hypersonic ram accelerator technology using polycarbonate and aluminum projectiles, theoretically capable of accelerating to 8 km/s utilizing the ramjet propulsion cycle.- Maintaining and operating the facility.

- Lead a team of 5 to design, build, and test the inner plumbing systems of a pressure fed bipropellant rocket.- Performed pressure tests of systems and analyzed actuation to verify the time differential between the fuel and oxidizer lines opening.

- Created a parachute stage separator with 2 team members. I was responsible for designing it in SolidWorks and analyzing the design by using Ansys Workbench's finite element analysis to find areas where we could reduce the material thickness in order to save weight and ultimately achieve a higher apogee.

- Performing Reliability Numerical Analysis (RNA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) on the Power and Propulsion Element of NASA's Lunar Gateway to verify the safety of critical subsystems.

- Lead a team in creating and using a test stand for analyzing nozzle geometries of cold gas thrusters to be flown on a CubeSat.

- Designed and tested, with one other person, a pulsed plasma thruster and Langmuir probe in a vacuum chamber to measure how the plasma properties changed with varying air pressure.

Seattle, Washington, United States

- Assisted in designing and manufacturing an enclosed combustion chamber to study the combustion of thin films of fuel.

Spokane, Washington, United States

- Assembled and soldered lithium battery packs to the exact client specifications.- In the research and development department, successfully reverse engineered discontinued battery packs to create manufacturing plans for us to replace the batteries.

Spokane, Washington, United States

- Implemented 3D printing for rapid prototyping of tool heads for industrial robots, which decreased the lead times of projects.- Designed a robot tool head in SolidWorks that used a piston with vacuum generators connected to flexible cups to lift and place 2 packages at once, effectively doubling the robots previous capacity.

Spokane, Washington, United States

- Gained experience in customer service, conflict resolution and managing rushes with my coworkers to improve the movie theater experience for all the guests.