Yoav Schoss Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Leesburg, VA

• Supported 9 launches to replace 66 ~20 year-old Iridium Block 1 Space Vehicles (SVs) with 80 new NEXT SVs.Mission Planning (MP) is the orchestration of multiple tasks (routine, on-demand and real-time) across multiple.
• Led MP development/operations for the launch of five NEXT SVs in 2023 by coordinating special activities requested by SMEs while ensuring seamless operations of mission-servicing SVs under tight timelines.
• Utilizing Agile SDLC methodologies to develop operations and integration software for the Space Development Agency (SDA) satellite network.
• Develop/review mission-critical code to align with customer needs.
• Prototyping interfaces between containers using Docker, FastAPI and Kafka in Python and Perl.Writing software test plans to verify business requirements are met.
• Coordinating with SMEs and systems engineers to properly interpret requirements.

Leesburg, Virginia

• Tracked position and onboard clock of Iridium satellites
• Planned maneuvers for station keeping and orbit changes
• Scheduled line-of-sight contacts between satellites and ground stations
• Developed scripts and procedures for launch and early operations of Iridium NEXT satellites

Pasadena, California

• Worked on various mission architectures for the proposed Mars Sample Return Orbiter (MSRO) mission.
• Designed interplanetary trajectories that use a combination of chemical and electric propulsion.
• Built an algorithm for rapid low-fidelity simulation of low-thrust trajectories using MATLAB.
• Collaborated with planetary scientists to select science instruments for the MSRO to measure lower atmospheric winds on Mars, while fitting within mass and power requirements.

Los Angeles, California

Teaching assistant for Mechoptronics Laboratory, a USC class that teaches undergraduate engineering students to conduct experiments using mechanical/electronic/optical devices, collect data, and most importantly tell a story using that data.

Tel Aviv, Israel

• SpaceIL is a non-profit aiming to land a robotic spacecraft on the Moon.
• Created multiple trajectories to the Moon based on alternating launch conditions. The aim was to apply these trajectories to a secondary payload launch scenario.
• Derived a set of analytical formulas to calculate trajectories to the Moon from a variety of low Earth orbits.
• Incorporated analytical solutions into STK to numerically simulate trajectories that take into account orbital perturbations.
• Optimized bi-elliptic trajectories from Geostationary Transfer Orbit to the Moon.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Founder of the USC chapter of a student organization that provides consulting for Israeli Startup Companies. Lead a consulting team for SpaceIL, a non-profit attempting to land a robotic spacecraft on the Moon and former contender for the Google Lunar X-prize. Conducted competitive analysis of other X-prize contenders.

Rockland County, NY

Master Of Astronautical Engineering, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Astronautical Engineering