Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA), March 2023 - present - Performing mission design and navigation planning for EMAAtmospheric Electrodynamics probe for THERmal plasma (AETHER) Instrument, November 2022 - June 2023 - Led the initial design of the AETHER instrument for the Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) mission in an acting Lead Systems Engineering position - Supported the permanent Lead Systems Engineer as they came up to speed on the organization and programSUrface Dust Analyzer (SUDA) Instrument, August 2017 - December 2022- Led the Systems Engineering design effort for SUDA from PDR through CDR and into EM build- Led the interface between the Europa Clipper team at JPL and the SUDA teamTotal and Spectral solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS) Instrument, November 2016 - December 2017- Performed ISS and launch vehicle requirements verification- Completed the ground safety data package for operation at KSC- Completed the Certificate of Flight Readiness for operation on-board ISS

Navigated the formation process for starting a small food business in Frederick County, Maryland. Created delicious baked goods for a local farmers market and for events at local businesses. Learned how to create business financial statements, track inventory, and calculate the cost of goods sold.

ICESat-2 Program, Instrument Interface and Mission Operations Engineer- Authored and revised the spacecraft to instrument interface requirements DOORS database and document- Presented the interface design in preliminary and critical design reviews involving the NASA customer- Performed maintenance, testing and operation of three spacecraft interface simulators- Led an effort to evaluate the interface simulator capabilities to determine where deficiencies existed when compared to the requirements for mission operations testingGEMS Program, Instrument Interface Engineer- Authored and revised the spacecraft to instrument interface requirementsGlory Program, Systems and Integration and Test Engineer- Was the Lead Test Conductor who managed automated test script development and updates- Led development of an automated 24-hour mission simulation test written in STOL- Developed and tested mission operations procedure and scripts in STOLDawn Program, Systems Engineer- Maintained the extensive command and telemetry database used during testing- Developed and executed automated test scripts written in STOL on the testbed and spacecraft- Supported testing at Orbital ATK, Naval Research Lab and Astrotech Space OperationsBusiness Development- Worked on proposals for Earth-observing, Mars-bound, and Moon-bound spacecraft by performing orbital mechanics analysis- Earned STK Rocket Scientist Certification