Senior Gnc Engineer
Current• GNC algorithms on Helios, Impulse’s new high energy kick-stage
May 2024 - Present
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Krishna Soni Email & Phone Number
GNC @ Impulse Space
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Impulse Space
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@astra.com
2 phones found area 781
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GNC @ Impulse Space
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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Krishna Soni is listed as GNC @ Impulse Space at Impulse Space, based in Los Angeles, California, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at astra.com, phone signal with area code 781, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Krishna Soni.
Krishna Soni previously worked as Senior GNC Engineer at Impulse Space and GNC/Software Engineer at Impulse Space. Krishna Soni holds Master Of Science - Ms, Aerospace Engineering from The University Of Texas At Austin.
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About Krishna Soni
I am an aspiring GNC (Guidance, Navigation, and Control) Engineer whose ultimate goal is to work on crewed interplanetary spacecraft. I’m incredibly passionate about democratizing access to space and extending humanity’s reach in our solar system. In the immediate future, my goal is to work on enabling technologies for interplanetary space exploration, ideally which allow the first human crew to land on another planet.In the past, I've worked at Astra as an Embedded Software Engineer and GNC Engineer. Before that, I worked as a Software Developer and CPE at Lockheed Martin Space on NASA's Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) for Artemis 1 and Artemis 2. I am currently a Sr. GNC Engineer working at Impulse Space, primarily working on a new GEO-capable kick-stage, Helios.Interests: Guidance Navigation and Control (GN&C), Estimation Theory, Optimal Control, Entry/Descent/Landing, Optimization Theory (especially in the context of powered descent landing), Software Development, Human Space Exploration, and Spacecraft Development
Listed skills include C++, Physics, Python, Mathematica, and 23 others.
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Krishna Soni work experience
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Gnc/Software Engineer
• Core developer and responsible engineer for propulsion management software
Jun 2023 - May 2024
Gnc Engineer
• Aided GNC team to derive/update Star Tracker and GNSS Models for on-board state estimator for launch vehicle platform• Added real-time integrity checks for onboard state estimation to meet system requirements• Investigated and improved onboard state estimator based on flight and simulation dataNote: This contract position was taken in place of a summer internship during my master's program
Jun 2022 - Sep 2022
Gnc/Embedded Software Engineer
• Core developer for GNC and guidance computer application. Helped design, develop, verify and integrate flight control system over multiple flights and test campaigns for Rocket 3 vehicle• Updated RCS control law for Rocket 3 upper stage to accommodate for large attitude commands at payload deploy, and end-of-flight retrograde maneuver • Served as control room operator for both GNC and flight software for three flight campaigns
Mar 2019 - Aug 2021
Senior Software Engineer
C&DH Team - Orion MPCVLead Developer/Certified Principle Engineer •Responsible for design, implementation, and verification of vehicle time functionality and command routing capability onboard Orion•Architected, developed, and tested 3-FT time synchronization algorithm used to autonomously maintain vehicle time over long duration to meet Artemis-1 performance requirements•Developed con-ops of vehicle time maintenance from launch pad to deep space operations.GNC Team - Orion MPCVSenior Software Engineer•Supported GN&C subsystem to complete network infrastructure/design in preparation for program-wide Critical Design Review for Artemis-2
Aug 2018 - Mar 2019
Software Engineer
May 2016 - Aug 2018
Software Engineering Associate
Jan 2015 - May 2016
Undergraduate Electro-Optics Engineer
Conducted senior thesis project on improvements made to dynamically calculated scale factor algorithm on the Zero-Force Accelerometer project. Developed simulations in Matlab/Simulink, to support theoretical model seeking to improve scale factor linearity and achieve strategic grade requirements.Results showed improvements in scale factor linearity of over three orders of magnitude.
Jun 2013 - May 2014
3 education records
Krishna Soni education
Master Of Science - Ms, Aerospace Engineering
The University Of Texas At Austin
Scpd - Ndo
Stanford University
Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Physics
Tufts University
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Krishna Soni works for Impulse Space.
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Krishna Soni is listed as GNC @ Impulse Space at Impulse Space.
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Krishna Soni is based in Los Angeles, California, United States while working with Impulse Space.
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Krishna Soni has worked for Impulse Space, Astra, Lockheed Martin, and Draper Laboratory.
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Krishna Soni holds Master Of Science - Ms, Aerospace Engineering from The University Of Texas At Austin.
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Krishna Soni is listed with skills including C++, Physics, Python, Mathematica, Matlab, Algorithms, Data Analysis, and Simulations.
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