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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

El Segundo, California, United States

Long Beach, California, United States

Falcon 9 Booster Recovery Operations- Lead booster processing operations post recovery of Falcon 9 to deliver booster to maintenance team in an extremely fast paced environment via schedule planning and communicating effectively to meet schedule- Work closely with technicians to perform operations, teach skills, and solve critical flight hardware and GSE (Ground Support Equipment) issues in the field quickly to allow continuous operations while maintaining safety operating high pressure, high energy, hazardous systems- Operate as a vehicle controller, commanding Falcon 9 and GSE to achieve vehicle maintenance and safing through in depth knowledge of complex vehicle fluids, avionics, and mechanical systems- Update and maintain work order planning to make operations more safe, effective, and efficient- Use multidisciplinary engineering skills to lead hardware upgrades to improve efficiency and reliability

Greater St. Louis

Work closely with USAF, test directors, and multiple engineering disciplines in the planning of ground and flight tests through test planning working groups, test readiness reviews, preflight/postflight briefings and development of Test Summary DocumentsParticipate in control room decision making and communication on-console during real time missions to ensure pilot/crew safety and quality of test through in-depth knowledge of test vehicle operations,aerodynamics, and test limits in a fast paced, demanding atmosphereLead hands on assembly of test assets, preflight inspections and preparation, and post flight data download

St Louis, Missouri, United States

I participate in risk management and resolution, support Chief engineer with technical oversight, ensure integrated systems approach, and act as solution manager for mission systems agile framework.I also ensure program execution, product integrity (through requirement verification auditing) and ensure integrity of program milestone reviews (PDR, CDR, TRR, SVR, FTRR, etc.) Through my knowledge of diminishing manufacturing services and contractual development I am able to lead Engineering Change Proposal definitization and support Diminishing Mfg. Services end of life buys from notification through contract development to purchase.

Greater St. Louis Area

I lead the development of telemetry displays for real time data viewing during flight test events in cooperation with various military mission control centers using knowledge of telemetry hardware and software such as LabVIEW, IADS, Omega, etc. In my time on the flight test team, I was fortunate enough to travel to various military bases around the world to support flight testing events by configuring hardware and software to collect and decommutate analog and embedded serial telemetry data (PCM/FM) as well as participating in mission decision making while analyzing and monitoring the real time data.

Bellevue, Washington

As a mad scientist I taught children ages 5-12 about science! I love to encourage kids about the STEM fields and at mad science I am able do it in a very fun, engaging, and stimulating way. In the summer I teach summer camps and during the school year I teach after school programs including NASA camp, Chemistry camp, and many more.

Seattle, Wa

Aeronautics And Astronautics Engineering, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Society for Advanced Rocket Propulsion, Design Build Fly, Sigma Nu, Ultimate Frisbee

Education record

Activities and Societies: Co-founder of local American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) club, Science Olympiad