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- Creating, reviewing, and issuing accurate work orders while analyzing, identifying, and resolving design discrepancies to ensure project quality.- Investigating root causes of workflow issues, and implementing process improvements to enhance efficiency and turnaround times.- Collaborating with corporate engineering and operations teams to streamline workflows and ensure seamless project execution.

- Led team in developing mission-critical radio systems and ground station functionality; including associated telemetry, tracking, and data analysis to ensure uninterrupted communication with orbiting satellites.- Collaborated with software, mechanical, and computer systems engineers in the verification and validation, testing, and integration of onboard systems/assemblies for multiple unique high-level satellite missions.- Assisted in leading mission review sessions in which critical requirements were developed and justified according to NASA and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) program life cycle standards.

- Mechanical engineer for the Center for Orbital Satellite Mission Operations (COSMO) - responsible for mechanical and electrical tasks, along with RF theory and system integration.

- Served as the Project Manager in a volunteer professional workforce development program tailored to provide participants with the opportunity to learn NASA mission practices, protocols, and procedures through the development of a unique specialized Mars rover mission.- Engaged with a team of students and NASA experts/liaisons to develop a mature mission concept, supporting presentations and technical reports; following the NASA program life cycle through to the Preliminary Design Review (PDR).

- Served as Lead Systems Engineer of the Fall 2023 Multi-Use Molten Salt Reactor (MUMS) project team as a part of a volunteer professional workforce development program where the plausibility of a reactor that could produce power, oxygen, and metal alloys using lunar soil was researched.- Placed as a finalist out of 17 other teams for a $10,000 Science Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) to continue the mission proposal.

- Designed fiber splicing bench and prototype based on the requirements specified by the lead engineer and interviews with operators. Implementation of the final design has streamlined the splicing process and improved yields, resulting in increased capacity for the high-value submarine fiber product.- Completed multiple design projects for the Draw and Post-Draw manufacturing teams using a wide range of software and tools (SolidWorks, MATLAB, Bentley MicroStation, etc.), including a complex rotary union and assembly station for the fiber Research and Design group. Both designs have since been machined and implemented.- Worked with a multidisciplinary team of engineers to investigate and determine the cause of optical fiber breaks as part of a major manufacturing improvement project.