Integration Engineer - Nova Lunar Lander
Current2023 - Present: - Operated the spacecraft as part of White Shift Trajectory (TRAJ) console managing ephemerides of the spacecraft, uploading spacecraft state updates to the flight computer, performing maneuver updates, generating ground station tracking files, etc. which ultimately helped in successfully landing the Nova C lander on the moon.- Perform orbit determination (OD) analysis before the mission and post IM-1 mission for trajectory reconstruction.- Develop further code and perform analysis for OD and mission design for future missions (IM2, IM3, etc.). - Prepare for operations in the backroom TRAJ/OD role for the IM2 mission.2020 - 2023: Support Nova-C ADCO / GNC team on analysis, code and ops including trajectory and attitude mission design, lunar landing site analysis, synthetic imagery for terrain relative navigation and flight ops (Trajectory operations officer / TOPO) for IM lunar lander and hopper missions2019 - 2020: Integrate Nova-C Lunar Lander payloads ensuring payloads are properly integrated into Intuitive Machine's lunar lander.