Weston Marlow Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Improving life on Earth by making data from space accessible for everyone. Available. Practical. Understandable.

El Segundo, Ca, Us

Active mentor for Starburst Accelerator companies.

- Consulting for corporate and team management, executive strategies, engineering execution, business development, and commercial space investment strategies.- Active advisor to New Space startups.

Mountain View, California, Us

- Engineering management. Growth and management of a multidisciplinary team of engineers across R&D and strategic development efforts. Created and oversaw research and development and production engineering roadmaps for risk reduction and hardware development, IP strategy and protection. Key metrics: Growth of team from 12 to 30, development and opening of new Los Angeles Optical Communications R&D facility, core IP creation and protection.- Corporate management. Working with other executives to manage company capital resources to maintain appropriate staffing levels and burn rates, driving efficiencies to meet fiduciary obligations. Growing and driving company structural development (bringing on coverage for HR, recruiting, benefits, payroll). Key metrics: Awarded multi-million dollar government contract. - Strategic development. Participated in fundraising and investor relations, Board of Directors member and corporate governance. Key metrics: Helped close Series A funding.

Mountain View, California, Us

- In addition to the duties described in Sr. Systems Integration Engineer role (below): Interfaced directly with executives as part of the company’s strategic development team, acting as a functional equivalent to a Chief-level officer. Derived customer requirements into functional spacecraft and mission requirements, interface with CTO to facilitate longer-term R&D efforts. - Managed personnel, resources, and risk for engineering efforts on production-level spacecraft, technology development spacecraft, operations, and technical facilities.

Mountain View, California, Us

- Systems engineering and mission analysis. Worked with launch providers, company engineers, CEO and CTO to develop system requirements. Responsible for schedules, verification and validation plans, testing plans, and procurement to meet aggressive, yet dynamic delivery timelines. Developed and maintained supplier relationships and test facility relationships.- Satellite design, assembly, integration and test. Lead CubeSat satellite design of 3U RF relay satellite to meet FFRDC hosted payload requirements. Lead efforts to fabricate, assemble, integrate, test (subsystem level up to full environmental testing) and delivery for 2019 launch and deployment. - Finalized designs of prototype 6U hybrid RF/optical data relay satellite (deployed July 2018) and lead efforts to fabricate, assemble and integrate full system, performed subsystem to full-up satellite level testing and environmental testing. Participated in early operations and mission design.- Research and development. Advised on internal research and development efforts for thermal analysis, next generation deployable structures, and oversaw testing and development efforts of high-gain RF deployable parabolic antenna.- Facilities management. Responsible for procurement, assembly, and maintenance of Class 10,000 clean room facility for assembly and testing of flight hardware. Development of company ESD protocol, gowning procedures, hardware cleaning procedures.

Lexington, Ma, Us

Promotion, same duties listed below.

Lexington, Ma, Us

- Systems and mission analysis for department of defense programs. Used MATLAB and STK to model spacecraft systems, sensors, orbital dynamics, perform revisit and coverage analysis, perform orbit optimization and analyze constellation dynamics for various early stage defense-related space flight concepts and programs. - MIT/Lincoln Laboratory MiRaTA CubeSat Mission. Attitude determination and control system (ADCS) Subsystem Engineer. Subsystem designer and lead engineer from system requirements review through PDR, CDR, and through upcoming system integration and test and launch/operations.

Lexington, Ma, Us

- NASA Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) program. Ground Terminal System Integration Engineer. Oversaw and planned integration of the LLCD Ground Terminal at Lincoln Laboratory for initial checkout and testing during both indoor and on-site outdoor testing. Planned and executed significant efforts to disassemble and safely move all ground station equipment from Lexington, MA to the operational site in White Sands, NM. Oversaw integration of system at field site.- Lincoln Laboratory Division 7 Rotation Program. Spent approximately six months learning processes and interdependencies and contributing to technical projects within four Groups of the Mechanical Engineering Division. Rotated among Mechanical Engineering Design, Fabrication Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, and Rapid Prototyping.

Las Cruces, Nm, Us

- Co-developed and fabricated hardware to test linear and nonlinear aeroelastic phenomena of flutter and limit cycle oscillatory behavior.- Modal analysis and system identification, in conjunction with vibrations theory and signal analysis allowed for initial testing phase to occur in the Spring of 2011. This experiment was the initial configuration of several planned iterations of the project.

Las Cruces, Nm, Us

- Worked on integration testing of AEGIS Readiness Assessment Vehicle B (ARAV-B). Performed telemetry systems proving, vibration testing data collection, vehicle assembly assistance. Strong initiative led to more efficient integration by verifying test data in separate ground station for project manager.- Assisted with telemetry systems and data collection for NASA Sounding Rockets Operating Contract launches and integration testing at NASA ground station, White Sands, NM.Assisted with assembly and installation of new, PSL-designed hardware components. Installation of these components led to continuously upgraded performance and higher dependability of ground station.

Washington, Dc, Us

- Worked highly independently to design optimal methods of handling and installing multilayer insulation on a large cryogenic fuel tank. Designed and fabricated several test articles yielding results for evaluation and and empirical testing. The insight gained and reported to NASA engineers and mentors was intended for the design of the replacement blanket for the Multipurpose Hydrogen Test Bed, housed at Marshall Space Flight Center.- Performed extensive research on multilayer insulation to determine methods of maximum radiation shielding and accompanying construction methods. Historical and contemporary data was compiled for reporting. Successful methods were analyzed and cross-compared and many were integrated into sample fabrication articles.

Master'S Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Graphic Design

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd (On Hold), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering