Lead Gnc Engineer
Current
May 2022 - Present
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Tom Gorton is listed as GNC Developer at Albedo, based in San Jose, California, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at albedo.com and a matched LinkedIn profile for Tom Gorton.
Tom Gorton previously worked as Lead GNC Engineer at Albedo and Autonomous Systems, Special Projects Group at Apple. Tom Gorton holds M.S., Dynamics And Control Systems from Ucla.
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Specialties:• Guidance Navigation & Control algorithm development, simulation, test, requirements definition.• Simulation development for complex aerospace systems• Matlab/Simulink Model Based Development and Embedded Code Generation• Embedded flight software implementation and sensor interface layer development• Flight Controller development• Kalman Filter sensor fusion algorithm design• GPS/INS integration• Navigation, Attitude Determination, Star Trackers, GPS, Accelerometers, Gyros, Magnetometers• Reaction Wheels, CMG's, Thrusters, Torque Rods.• Rendezvous and Proximity Operations.• State Space Control Design• Stability and Performance Analysis• Target Tracking and LOS Pointing• Feedforward Control• Disturbance Rejection• Notch Filter Compensation• PID Controllers• C/C++ Programming and Debugging
Listed skills include Simulations, Control Systems Design, Spacecraft, Simulink, and 16 others.
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7 roles · 32 years
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Autonomous Systems, Special Projects Group
Feb 2020 - May 2022
Flight Dynamics, Control, And Simulation
Martin Uav, Llc
Autopilot algorithm development. Autopilot embedded firmware.Complete autopilot HIL test environment.UAV modeling and simulationUAV flight control embedded systems developmentVTOL modeling and flight control algorithmsUAV Ground Control System development
Jul 2015 - Feb 2020
Model Based Development Principal Engineer
• Member of the model based development group working mostly with NASA and MDA to bring Simulink model based development to aerospace applications• Generated C code from Simulink models with custom TLC templates and custom targets.• Built custom S-functions to integrate external C code into Matlab/Simulink models• Matlab/Simulink algorithm development, test, and embedded code generation environment.• Developed Navigation algorithms employing Kalman filter sensor fusion techniques for a sensor suite consisting of accelerometer, GPS, and magnetometer sensors.• Developed launch vehicle attitude control algorithms using reaction control jets.
Feb 2013 - Jul 2015
Gn&C Senior Staff Engineer
ANGELS, CICERO programs• Attitude/Rate determination algorithm fusing gyro measurements with star tracker updates.• Attitude estimation using differential carrier phase GPS measurements• Angle-Only relative navigation Kalman filter for passive navigation during rendezvous and proximity operations• Fault Management • Provided integration, simulation and test support for GN&C algorithms
2010 - Feb 2013
Gn&C Senior Staff Engineer
Octant Technologies
XSS10, XSS11, ANGELS, MKV programs• Developed a target acquisition and tracking image processing algorithm to detect and track space objects in a stellar background.• Rendezvous and proximity operations GN&C algorithm design• Developed and verified the performance of an extended kalman filter relative navigation algorithm which uses angle and range measurements fused together from four separate sensors.• Developed a reaction wheel controller and momentum management algorithm.• Developed a thruster control and distribution algorithm and a complete system stability and pointing requirements analysis.• Developed attitude and relative trajectory guidance algorithms. • Developed and maintained a 6-DOF spacecraft simulation including all environmental models, actuator models, satellite dynamics, sensors models, flexible spacecraft bending modes, and image generation.• GN&C systems analysis, requirements definition.• Tested all GN&C algorithms in a processor in the loop (PIL) testbed. This included requirements verification, mission verification, and design reference mission analysis. • Developed and implemented algorithms for vehicle fault management and collision avoidance analysis. • Developed a vehicle safety system comprised of sun sensors and a thruster based sun pointing mode.
2001 - 2010
~9 yrs
Gn&C Staff Engineer
IRIDIUM Satellite, Special Space ProgramsAttitude control, thruster control, structural bending mode filters, feed forward torque compensation.Safe mode backup attitude control, Sun sensors, reaction wheels, friction estimation loop. Pointing and stability analysis.
1995 - 2000
~5 yrs
2 education records
Tom Gorton education
M.S., Dynamics And Control Systems
Ucla
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Control Systems
University Of California, Berkeley
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What company does Tom Gorton work for?
Tom Gorton works for Albedo.
What is Tom Gorton's role at Albedo?
Tom Gorton is listed as GNC Developer at Albedo.
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AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @albedo.com for Tom Gorton at Albedo.
Where is Tom Gorton based?
Tom Gorton is based in San Jose, California, United States while working with Albedo.
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Tom Gorton has worked for Albedo, Apple, Martin Uav, Llc, Millennium Engineering And Integration, and Broad Reach Engineering (Formerly Octant Technologies).
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Tom Gorton holds M.S., Dynamics And Control Systems from Ucla.
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Tom Gorton is listed with skills including Simulations, Control Systems Design, Spacecraft, Simulink, C, Sensors, Matlab And Simulink, and Matrixx And Sytembuild.
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