Flight Dynamics Engineer
CurrentFlight Dynamics, astrodynamics, and software engineering for Project Kuiper
Sep 2023 - Present
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Flight Dynamics Engineer at Project Kuiper
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Flight Dynamics Engineer at Project Kuiper
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Jonathon S. is listed as Flight Dynamics Engineer at Project Kuiper at Amazon, based in Seattle, Washington, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at advanced-space.com and a matched LinkedIn profile for Jonathon S..
Jonathon S. previously worked as Flight Dynamics Engineer at Amazon and Founder and CEO at Navi. Jonathon S. holds M.S., Astronautical Engineering from University Of Southern California.
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About Jonathon S.
I am fortunate enough to have spent most of my career working on projects in deep space. As a navigator, first at KinetX Aerospace and later at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), I helped guide spacecraft to Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, and comets 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and Hartley 2. I have a passion for astrodynamic software, as a user, developer, and educator. At JPL I worked as a developer on the Monte software platform and later transitioned into training and outreach lead for the project.Over the past several years, my interests have turned increasingly towards technical leadership and the challenge of organizing smart people to tackle difficult, poorly-defined problems. As a group supervisor at JPL, I managed a diverse group of engineers working on topics ranging from small body trajectory research to high performance computing services. At Planetary Resources, I guided the formation of an in-house astrodynamics group, and matured the mission design of an ambitious, low-cost asteroid exploration mission. I also served as Navigation Lead at Advanced Space, where I led a Phase I SBIR on the sustainability of extremely low lunar orbits, and served as mission design lead on a NASA Discovery Mission proposal team.I now spend my time applying modern software techniques to the problem of space mission design and navigation with my company Navi, particularly in the region of cislunar space. I also offer onsite and remote training for JPL's Monte through my software training company Astroceanic.
Listed skills include Python, Matplotlib, Monte, Pyqt, and 7 others.
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Founder And Ceo
- Technical and business lead for Navi's efforts to build modern, team-oriented software solutions for space mission design and navigation.
- Developed API for measurement processing and navigation filtering using JPL’s Monte, FastAPI, OpenAPI, Docker, and G-Cloud
- Developed front end web-console using ReactJS (Hooks & Redux) and CLI application using TyperTechnical consultant for commercial deep space missions, performing trajectory design, mission and navigation analysis.
- Expert technical consultant for commercial mission to the Moon. Activities included performing navigation analysis, developing an operational flight dynamics system, team training and procedure writing, and mission.
- Mission design lead for an NASA Artemis / CLPS lunar mission, including trajectory design, mission analysis, requirements development, proposal support, and team development and training
- Technical consultant on a commercial mission to Mars, including trajectory design, mission analysis, and requirements development Enterprise team training for JPL’s Monte under specialized entity Astroceanic LLC
Jun 2019 - Oct 2023
Navigation Lead
Technical lead for navigation analysis and operations at Advanced Space. PI on NASA SBIR for low-altitude Lunar orbiters, and technical lead for NASA SBIR developing a Cis-Lunar Autonomous Positioning System (CAPS).
Feb 2018 - Feb 2019
Deep Space Flight Dynamics Lead
Technical lead for a group of astrodynamic specialists designing orbits and navigation strategies to and around Near Earth Asteroids.
Jul 2017 - Feb 2018
Technical Group Supervisor, Mission Design And Navigation Systems Engineering
Supervise a group of 12 technologists, infrastructure, and systems engineers. Also manage an infrastructure Service Center that provides computing resources to the Mission Design and Navigation Section with ~$2M annual budget.
Feb 2017 - Jul 2017
Group Lead, Mission Design & Navigation Software
Group Lead for the Mission Design and Navigation Software Group at JPL. Work extensively with outreach, training and development for the Monte project, JPLs astrodynamic computing Python library. --- Leading development of non-linear navigation filter and uncertainty propagator in conjunction with UT Austin. --- Co-lead on the Spacecraft In The Shot project.
Oct 2016 - Feb 2017
Software Engineer, Mission Design & Navigation Software
Developer on Monte, JPLs astrodynamic computing Python library. --- Co-I on "Regolith Biters" study through NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts program. --- Orbit Determination analyst for Rosetta mission to Comet 67P/CG.
Mar 2013 - Oct 2016
Outer Planets Navigation Group
Orbit determination (OD) analyst on the Equinox and Solstice segments of NASA's Cassini mission, the EPOXI encounter with comet Hartley-2, and the return-to-Earth leg of JAXA's Hayabusa mission.
Oct 2008 - Mar 2013
Orbit Determination / Maneuver Analyst
Navigation analyst (OD and Maneuver Design) for NASA’s New Horizons mission, from pre-launch through the Jupiter flyby in 2007. Also provided navigation support for NASA’s MESSENGER mission, serving as prime-analyst for Deep Space Maneuver 2 (DSM-2).
Aug 2005 - Oct 2008
Mission Analyst
Performed high level system engineering analysis for a number of proposed space missions.
Oct 2004 - Jul 2005
2 education records
Jonathon S. education
M.S., Astronautical Engineering
University Of Southern California
B.S., Engineering-Physics
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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What company does Jonathon S. work for?
Jonathon S. works for Amazon.
What is Jonathon S.'s role at Amazon?
Jonathon S. is listed as Flight Dynamics Engineer at Project Kuiper at Amazon.
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AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @advanced-space.com for Jonathon S. at Amazon.
Where is Jonathon S. based?
Jonathon S. is based in Seattle, Washington, United States while working with Amazon.
What companies has Jonathon S. worked for?
Jonathon S. has worked for Amazon, Navi, Advanced Space, Planetary Resources, Inc., and Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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What schools did Jonathon S. attend?
Jonathon S. holds M.S., Astronautical Engineering from University Of Southern California.
What skills is Jonathon S. known for?
Jonathon S. is listed with skills including Python, Matplotlib, Monte, Pyqt, Qt, C++, Linux, and Latex.
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