Thomas Randolph Email & Phone Number

Ventura, Ca, Us

Kent, Wa, Us

Managed the Blue Ring program and the In-Space Systems business unit engineering organization including (at various times) spacecraft subsystem engineering, system engineering, integration and test, and mission operations

Pasadena, Ca, Us

Project Manager – Managed ASPIRE, the successful suborbital test program to qualify the supersonic parachute for the M2020 Mars lander (the first successful supersonic parachute qualification since the Viking program in the 1970s, completed on time and under budget)Project Systems Engineer – Engineering technical authority and system engineering manager for the Near-Earth Object Surveyor Mission, the Mars Sample Return Program, the Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission, and the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator Mission (and served as the in-flight anomaly resolution chief for this mission)Principal Engineer and Review Board Member - Served on spacecraft chassis, system engineering, mission planning, power system, electric propulsion system, chemical propulsion system, power processing unit, and electric thruster lifetime service assessment review boards; and led efforts to develop design principles for NASA electric propulsion systemsTechnical Group Supervisor - Supervised the activities of the Project Systems Engineering group members to insure consistent and effective engineering process across the laboratoryFormulation and Development Engineer – Led the engineering activities for multiple proposals and served as a co-investigator on multiple electric thruster technology development programs Subsystem Manager – Managed the development and deliveries for the NEXIS Ion Thruster and the LISA Pathfinder Colloid Micronewton Thruster System (the first electrospray thruster ever flown)

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Subsystem Manager - Managed the development, qualification, and production of Loral’s first three flight Hall thruster subsystems including the propellant storage and feed system, thrusters, power processing units, thermal radiators, gimbals, structural support, harness, and mechanical ground support equipment (including the first ever flight of a commercial Hall thruster subsystem on MBAST)Propulsion Engineer – Developed new Hall thruster plume analysis code, managed integrated electric propulsion subsystem tests, performed bipropellant loading operations and performance analysis, served as the propulsion lead for mission operations on multiple maneuvers

Master'S Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical/Space Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical/Space Engineering