James Chartres Email & Phone Number

Arlington, VA, US

• Providing Systems Engineering support for HelioSwarm, a NASA Heliophysics mission. HeliosSwarm uses a 9 spacecraft swarm to study and transform our understanding of space plasma turbulence with instruments collecting.
• Systems Engineering, Configuration Management, Risk Management, Technical Planning and Reviews
• SE Technical Trades and RF Communication Trades
• Requirements development and review
• Human Systems Integration

Arlington, VA, US

• Chief Engineer on the Project and Engineering Support Services (PESS) Contract for NASA Ames Research Center. Providing technical guidance and mentoring to a staff of over 150+ people.
• Consultant and technical reviewer on various NASA projects, science missions and proposals providing expertise in space systems, project management, technology development and software engineering
• Direct supervisor for 12+ Systems Engineers and subject mater experts
• Business development, past performance, proposals development and review

Arlington, VA, US

• Established and implemented System Engineering processes to guide sub-project development within the Air Traffic Management – eXploration (ATM-X) project
• Mentored and trained new Project Managers, Systems Engineers and Software Managers to establish requirements, systematic reporting and anticipate issues ahead of time
• Tailored the NASA project governance and technical review processes to research projects customizing reviews to better focus research efforts on outcomes and alignment with stakeholder needs
• Initiated a risk management process to identify, capture and mitigate risks across the project, sub-projects and activities ensuring informed decisions making and proper resource allocation

Arlington, VA, US

• Directed and mentored a multidisciplinary team of 30+ engineers to develop a deep space small satellite to send the first biological samples beyond the Moon and monitor the radiation environment
• Implemented a digital documentation system for Concept of Operations, procedures, hardware travelers and anomalies streamlining communications and speeding up development
• Instrumental in establishing technical rigor and executing detailed and effective environmental tests
• Conducted detailed designs and trade studies for mission planning including the ConOps, all levels of requirements, and overall system design
• Responsible for the technical work conducted in-house and administered external contracts to ensure quality products were produced meeting or exceeding requirements

Arlington, VA, US

• Transformed a struggling project by re-baselining and restructuring the mission to develop 8 Flight Satellites in 6 months
• Project Systems Engineer mobilizing a 30+ engineering team to design, build, test and fly a multi-satellite mission to demonstrate inter-satellite communication networks on small platforms
• Reported directly to the NASA Ames Center Director on technical achievement, project risks and schedule progress
• EDSN satellites leveraged advancements in smart phones and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software to reduce cost and development time.
• The EDSN satellite swarm used GPS data (time and orbital position) to autonomously plan activities including recording sensor data, exchanging inter-satellite data and downlinking data to a ground station
• Hands on leadership from large scale technical direction and decision making to conducting real-time mission simulations with hardware in the loop

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• Create and distribute digital and print content providing stories, insights and technical details about amateur racing in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Manage and grow digital channels including the Website, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

Dallas, TX, US

• Technical Project Manager for the NanoSat Launch Adapter System (NLAS) successfully flown on ORS-3 deploying 26 CubeSats
• Led a team of 10+ Engineers to develop a launch vehicle adapter to provide more opportunities for CubeSats to be hosted as Secondary Payloads
• Interfaced and reported status to the Operationally Responsive Space Office and NASA Ames Research Center
• Implemented Risk Management and Schedule tracking to streamline the build, integration, testing and troubleshooting of hardware and software systems
• NLAS reduced the typical Launch Vehicle integration process from weeks to days

Moffett Field, CA, US

• Carnegie Mellon Innovations Laboratory (CMIL)Research included:
• Suit port (docking of Space Suits) conceptual design and development
• Suit port pressure testing and evaluated of seal concepts against lunar simulant
• Design Manufacture & Operation of Pressure & Data Logging Test Equipment
• Human Thermal Modeling of Mine Refuge Chambers
• Advanced Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA) Systems

Washington, DC, US

• Conceptual mission design for small spacecraft platforms
• Concurrent systems engineering tool development
• Systems engineering support for the Mission Design Center (MDC)
• Research into advanced Advanced Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA) systems

Illkirch Graffenstaden, FR

• Responsible for day to day operations and planning of the Space Studies Program including:
• Student, Academic & Management Team Liaison
• Student Activities Co-ordinator providing guidance and direction for 110+ students representing 26 different countries
• Organized Opening & Closing Ceremony Events with Chinese Hosts
• Co-ordinated Media & Public Outreach within China including TV and Newspaper Coverage
• Daily Operations and Host Site Interface

Stuttgart, DE

• Conducted research on my PhD: ‘Trajectory Design, Optimisation and Guidance for Reusable Launch Vehicles During the Terminal Area Flight Phase’ Including:
• Modeling and Simulation for Reusable launch vehicles NASA X-38 & German 'Hopper' Vehicle
• Trajectory Optimization, Planning & Guidance for Terminal Area flight prior to landing

Phd, Aerospace Engineering

Bachelors Engineering, Mechatronics

Summer Session Program, Life Sciences