Retired
Current
Pelagic Space, Llc
Jan 2024 - Present
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Roger Carlson Email & Phone Number
Retired, Rocket Launch Operations
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CSULB Shark Lab
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8 phones found area 310, 205, and 909
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Retired, Rocket Launch Operations
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Redondo Beach, California, United States
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Roger Carlson is listed as Retired, Rocket Launch Operations at CSULB Shark Lab, based in Redondo Beach, California, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at virgingalactic.com, phone signal with area code 310, 205, 909, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Roger Carlson.
Roger Carlson previously worked as Retired at Pelagic Space, Llc and President at Pelagic Space, Llc. Roger Carlson holds Bs, Physics from Harvey Mudd College.
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Expertise: -Launch Operations. Pad and control room operations. Designing, building, and operating the tools for rocket launch.-Final assembly and integration, transportation.-Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test.-Anomaly resolution and risk management.-Payload integration and test, scientific/optical payload integration and test, environmental testing.-Operations in large vacuum chambers, logistics of handling and moving large flight hardware. -Launch vehicle and spacecraft production, development level and production level rates. -Process development. Requirements definition, facility requirements definition and activation. Often working in startup scenarios, not only developing the work instructions and procedures, but also developing the tools and systems that contain them.-Leading crews and hardware through first time, complex operations, field operations.
Listed skills include Simulations, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, Spacecraft, and 30 others.
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President
Pelagic Space, Llc
Apr 2020 - Mar 2024
Volunteer Crew
Current
Usc Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber
Jul 2022 - Present
Volunteer
Current
May 2021 - Present
Redondo Beach Harbor Commission Member
Current
Sep 2018 - Present
Aug 2019 - Apr 2020
Vp Of Launch
Led the launch campaign and logistics for the first launch of a liquid fueled rocket from Kodiak, Alaska. Also the first commercial launch from Kodiak. Led the team developing Astra's first launch, including launch procedures and anomaly resolution tools. Supported development of several iterations of flight hardware, mobile launch infrastructure, and.
Jan 2018 - Aug 2019
Director Of Launch Operations
Initial facility manager for company expansion to 150k square foot Long Beach facility. Facility activation, initial layouts, move-in, build out.Production, Integration, Test and Launch Lead during expansion, transitioning to Launch Operations lead as company expanded. Led team developing rocket 1st and 2nd stage test stands, launch infrastructure design.
Mar 2015 - Dec 2017
Director, Advanced Programs Operations
Managed design of stage propulsion systems. Led search for 150,000 square foot building for company expansion.
Jan 2014 - Mar 2015
Main Propulsion Systems Senior Engineer
Test site and control room operations, liquid rocket engine production lead. Activated company's first engine test stand, supported final buildup of the stand, wrote initial set of operation procedures, test conductor for stand activation through initial engine hot fires. Managed engine production, machine shop.
Jan 2013 - Jan 2014
Principle Launch Engineer, Director Of Dragon Recovery
Recovery Director for the first three Dragon flights (Missions for COTS 2, COTS 3 and CRS1). Led first recovery of a commercial spacecraft.
Sep 2012 - Dec 2012
Director Of Production, Dragon Spacecraft
Dec 2011 - Sep 2012
Director Of Final Assembly And Composite Production
Final Assembly of Falcon 9 Launch Vehicles and Dragon Spacecraft, and composite primary structure and subcomponents. Improved production processes, MRP interfaces, shop floor electronic work instructions.
Sep 2011 - Dec 2011
Director Of Structures Production
Production of Falcon 9 Launch Vehicles, Dragon Spacecraft, Composite primary structure and subcomponents. Development of production processes.
Mar 2011 - Sep 2011
Kwajalein Launch Site Director
Vehicle hangar integration and Pad Lead, Falcon 1 Flight 5.
Nov 2008 - Mar 2011
Dragon Spacecraft Recovery Director
Dragon Spacecraft Flight 1 Recovery Director. Smallest team to ever perform a recovery of a spacecraft at sea. Director of the first commercial reentry.
Jul 2010 - Dec 2010
Director Of Launch Integration
Falcon 9 Flight 1, Texas Test Site and Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 Flight 2, Texas Test Site
Aug 2009 - Jul 2010
James Webb Space Telescope Integration & Test
Integration and Test Lead for the JWST telescope and combined telescope & science instrument module. Scope included planning for, and cost account management of, assembling and testing the composite telescope structure (deployments, vibration, acoustics), integration of large lightweight optics to the structure, integration and alignment of the telescope.
Mar 2003 - Nov 2008
James Webb Space Telescope, Contracting Officer'S Technical Representative/Acquisition Manager
Acquisition Manager / Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (cost account manager) for large subcontract supporting planning and execution of telescope optical integration and cryovac testing, as well as providing associated optomechanical GSE. $100m cost account, 10th largest subcontract at NGST at the time.
Mar 2003 - Sep 2007
Salmon Passage Monitoring System Lead Engineer
Ecologic
Hardware lead, unix administrator, and co-creator of a system to remotely monitor salmon passage at a dam on the Columbia River with digital video systems. Automated system captured video at the dam, eliminated empty water scenes, transferred video to university computer systems where workers counted and identified species with custom software client..
Aug 2000 - Dec 2002
Adaptive Optics Algorithm Testbed Lead
Technical lead for adaptive optics algorithm test bench hardware and software, an optical bench with deformable mirror supporting rapid evaluation of wavefront reconstruction algorithms. Purchased optics, built working optical system from scratch, authored software control system. Extensive Labview programming.
Jan 1998 - Dec 2002
Space Interferometry Mission Optical Integration & Test Lead And Technical Subcontract Manager
Integration and test lead for a satellite optical science payload in cross-organizational team. Kept optical performance budget system engineering simulation for a system with picometer level requirements. Managed subcontract for development of a set of interferometry simulation web pages to support the Space Interferometry Mission
Jan 1999 - Jul 2000
Chandra X-Ray Space Telescope Integration & Test
On-site responsible engineer during calibration of flight optics and science instruments of Chandra/AXAF x-ray telescope satellite payload, under time-critical year-long series of cryogenic vacuum tests with cross-organizational team. Supported planning of tests, controlling requirements and interfaces across organizations. Developed requirements for.
Jan 1995 - Dec 1997
System Analyst
Analyst for several strategic defense systems, including space based launch warning systems and ground based missile interceptors.
Jan 1991 - Dec 1994
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Roger Carlson education
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Harvey Mudd College
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What company does Roger Carlson work for?
Roger Carlson works for CSULB Shark Lab.
What is Roger Carlson's role at CSULB Shark Lab?
Roger Carlson is listed as Retired, Rocket Launch Operations at CSULB Shark Lab.
What is Roger Carlson's email address?
AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @virgingalactic.com for Roger Carlson at CSULB Shark Lab.
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AeroLeads has found 8 phone signal(s) with area code 310, 205, 909 for Roger Carlson at CSULB Shark Lab.
Where is Roger Carlson based?
Roger Carlson is based in Redondo Beach, California, United States while working with CSULB Shark Lab.
What companies has Roger Carlson worked for?
Roger Carlson has worked for Pelagic Space, Llc, Usc Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber, Csulb Shark Lab, City Of Redondo Beach, and Astra.
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What schools did Roger Carlson attend?
Roger Carlson holds Bs, Physics from Harvey Mudd College.
What skills is Roger Carlson known for?
Roger Carlson is listed with skills including Simulations, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, Spacecraft, Optics, Aerospace, Propulsion, and Labview.
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