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Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Alameda, California, United States

Alameda, California, United States

Roseville, California, United States

• Led the OBSS Landing Gear Integrated Project Team to design KUAS’s first CTOL landing gear system. Assembled a high-performance team to develop a landing gear design and conducted a successful Preliminary Design Review.
• Organized a cross-disciplinary team of engineers to investigate the mechanical, aerodynamic, and flight control implications of modifying MAW RATO Kit geometry to mitigate aerodynamic entrainment effects identified.
• Managed the XQ-58A Valkyrie Productionization GSE team. Led design of a new Launch and Retrieval Trailer and mentored junior engineers in the development of the full complement of GSE and PSE required to support.

Hawthorne, California, United States

• Managed ground system changes, including overall tracking process and mission-by-mission burn down.
• Established process for managing and tracking change implementation of new and reused flight hardware flight-wide.
• Established process and database for tracking, analyzing, and reporting Change escapes.
• Collaborated with team members and developers on Change application enhancements.

Hawthorne, California, United States

• Updated and refined design process for the Launch Department to ensure compliance with AS9100 standards while also streamlining the process for design engineers.
• Established a Bill of Design workflow tailored for the Launch Department, including design and test milestones, and requirements.
• Provided consistent feedback on designs in the development phase to improve the reliability of ground systems.
• Initiated wide use of the Change process within the Launch Department, while providing rigorous and consistent change review.

Hawthorne, California, United States

• Developed the Strongback Throwback system in use at LC-39A (KSC) by creating a mathematical model used to derive system requirements based on ground system dynamics in response to vehicle exhaust and other external.
• Developed dynamic design loads used to size ground support equipment by mapping vehicle exhaust CFD results to ground systems as a function of time.
• Developed keep-out zones for ground support equipment based on vehicle dynamics and navigation solutions.
• Designed and analyzed several upper-stage quick disconnect and umbilical systems, including new quick disconnect components, assemblies, and umbilical management systems, and subsequently qualifying them for flight.
• Designed and analyzed Forward Cradle for transport erectors at SLC-40 (CCAFS) and SLC-4E (VAFB).

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Designed mechanical, pneumatic, optical and electrical assemblies for submersible applications.
• Performed FEA analysis on mechanical designs.
• Prototyped and performed life cycle and wear testing on new and existing designs.
• Fabricated tooling and equipment to aid in assembly processes.

Berkeley, California, United States

• Designed mechanical systems for sensor integration based on geometric constraints and user requirements
• Generated PCB designs and layouts for sensor integration with existing electrical systems
• Prepared engineering drawings for manufacturing and inspection of machined and sheet metal components
• Wrote instruction manuals for assembly, troubleshooting, and operation of complex devices and systems
• Interfaced with manufacturers for prototyping and manufacturing of mechanical components
• Assembled complex PCBs with both surface-mounted and through-hole parts, using conventional hand soldering techniques as well as hand reflow techniques

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

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