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El Segundo, CA, US

El Segundo, CA, US

Kent, WA, US

Responsible for clean-slate design of high reliability hybrid solar/fuel cell power distribution system for human-crewed lunar lander. Provides technical leadership and project management to team of engineers to design, prototype and deliver power system hardware in fast-paced, agile environment.

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Co-founded ArcFlash Labs Inc. & was first-to-market with portable electromagnetic accelerator technology for recreational & defense applications. Performs product design & development, including battery sizing &.
• Invented coilgun featured in blockbuster film “The Dark Knight Rises”
• Invented world’s 1st fully automatic coilgun
• Invented world’s 1st commercial coilgun, achieved revenue stream & 35k+ followers
• Invented world’s 1st weapon-grade coilgun, design won U.S. Army XTech Search Phase I award in 2018 & led to company profit in 2021
• Developed Lua-based electromagnetic simulation tool to solve circuit differential equations & integrate finite element magnetic simulations to accurately predict coilgun muzzle velocity & efficiency.

Hawthorne, California, US

• Responsible for design, development & testing of power distribution system for the Starship Human Landing System for future missions to the moon & Mars.
• Performed power distribution architecture trade study, designed & analyzed 20+ architecture options. Identified optimal solution, doubling fault tolerance with no mass increase.
• Owned interface between power system & 60+ motors. Self-taught basics of motor sizing & control, worked across multiple teams to create motor drive requirements database. Performed motor drive trade study, resulting in.
• Designed & built 30 kW power distribution module on tight 6 month schedule, delivered to power system hardware testbed, achieving $72M NASA milestone demo
• Designed & built 14,000 amp pulsed power test rack, resulting in ability to simulate high voltage short circuit events too energetic for off-the-shelf power supplies. Test rack validated functionality of numerous.
• Created detailed circuit model of thrust vectoring power distribution system to investigate concern that electrical faults would propagate between engines. Model showed ability to safely isolate faults & prevented.

Falls Church, VA, US

Led space vehicle design for next generation satellite constellation. Translated customer requirements into DODAF-compliant vehicle functional architecture & mission CONOPS with traceability to requirements. Performed engineering trade studies to design bus meeting payload thermal, power, mechanical & reliability requirements.

El Segundo, CA, US

Planned & executed $1M/1-year study for U.S. Gov customer exploring space vehicle design & CONOPS in new mission domain. Conducted numerous planning sessions & design reviews to influence customer desires & converge on final requirements. Led astrodynamics & hardware teams to define performance, mass & power budgets. Performed electrical power analysis.

El Segundo, CA, US

Conducted design, analysis, costing, procurement & qualification testing of monopropellant, bipropellant & solar electric propulsion systems in support of numerous flight programs & design studies. Performed propulsion trade studies & system sizing, including selection of propellants, thrusters, valves, tank sizing & tube routing. Authored propulsion.

El Segundo, CA, US

Mechanical designer for entire ESPA-class satellite from initial concept to launch, resulting in 3 vehicles on-orbit. Designed satellite structure & configured component layout, enabling huge mission capability in small package. Collaborated across engineering team & iterated design to meet evolving thermal, electrical, avionics & payload requirements..

El Segundo, CA, US

Led team of 7 mechanical, electrical, software & GNC engineers to design, build & deliver prototype gyroscope assembly meeting aggressive cost & manufacture rate targets, resulted in internal product line flying on multiple missions. Responsible for engineering & project management for $2M IRAD; reported directly to company executives & key customers..

El Segundo, CA, US

Responsible for design & testing of two-wing solar array for GEO satellite, resulted in on-time delivery to #1 company program. Managed solar array requirements & defined verification plan meeting NASA GEVS & internal mission assurance specifications. Designed electrical & mechanical interfaces to spacecraft, authored specifications, interface drawings &.

Randolph AFB, TX, US

Astronautical Engineer for USAF Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite program. Managed production, testing & integration of of satellite hardware for $138M portfolio delivering command and control for President, SecDef and Warfighters. Responsible for structural, mechanical, thermal control & electric propulsion subsystems. Chaired.

Randolph AFB, TX, US

Shift Lead for 20+ member flight operations team, supervised AEHF-2 orbit transfer while reporting to top Air Force leadership. Conducted investigations to resolve in-flight satellite hardware malfunctions, determined root cause & instituted corrective actions in high schedule-pressure operational environment.

Randolph AFB, TX, US

Prepared EELV acquisition reports to advise launch community’s strategic decision makers. Performed Earned Value analysis for cost reviews & maintained contract insight on mission assurance to support rocket production & launch activities.