Christopher Smyth Email & Phone Number

Saline, Michigan, United States

Houghton, Michigan, United States

Part of the testing + R&D team at Orbion Space Technology. I was the main test software engineer, building software to test our product on the ground before shipping to customers.My primary responsibility was to design, architect, implement, and maintain the primary testing software at Orbion. This was a multi-month project to get the MVP state, and.

Houghton, Michigan

- Leading tests of thruster subsystems and units - Writing test plans for the said tests- Test facility design and setup- Data processing and analysis with the Numpy/Scipy suite- Assembling hardware in a clean room environment- Thermal modeling of parts- Research, development, and design of new innovative cathode heater designs through the NASA SBIR program

Houghton, Michigan

The system engineer for the Attitude Determination and Control (ADC) subteam, in charge of engineering the ADC subsystem for both the Stratus and Auris missions. My job is both "sides" of system engineering for both missions. I am in charge of defining the requirements and system, and of leading the testing of the ADC subsystem and hardware for both.

Houghton, Michigan

The project I worked on in Spring 2018 is reaction wheel momentum analysis for our Stratus spacecraft. The main goal of this project was to make sure that reaction wheels that our team were buying could provide the angular momentum needed to overcome disturbance torques. This was done by creating a 3D simulation in MATLAB modeling the orbit of Stratus..

Calumet, MI

I work with one engineer at a time on one or more of their projects at a time. Most of the work is for the military, and includes designing parts in Creo Parametric, drafting parts and assemblies that have already been fabricated, improving and altering existing designs, doing off the shelf part research, and creating slideshows to be presented to military.

Dexter, Michigan

I manufactured parts for the welders, and directly for customers. This included milling, cutting, shearing, and using a hydraulic metal brake. I also helped organize and setup a company cancer fundraiser at the end of the summer.

I cleaned the store and interacted with customers. This included replacing lights and vacuuming which needed an eye for cleanliness, as well as loading furniture into customers cars. Occasionally I would delivery furniture for a day which included going into people homes and making sure they are happy with the furniture they received.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Huskies Pep Band, Aerospace Enterprise

Education record

Activities and Societies: Marching Band, FRC Robotics