Engineering philosophy:

Every day should be spent propelling humanity into space in a collaborative and altruistic fashion.

Experience:

Firefly Aerospace - Spacecraft

Assembly, Integration, & Test Engineer II

Responsible for the mechanical assembly, integration, and test of Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar landers.

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September 2024 - Present

Cedar Park, TX

BGM1

June 2023 - August 2024

Chandler, AZ

Minotaur

Northrop Grumman - Launch Vehicles

Mechanical Engineer

Owned the design, integration, and test of various mechanical aspects of the Minotaur space launch vehicles.

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Northrop Grumman - Airborne Sensors

Electromechanical Engineer

Designed & built test beds for multifunction radar instruments while diagnosing, repairing, and refurbishing active sensor hardware.

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May 2022 - June 2023

Baltimore, MD

MESA

December 2021

Mars Desert Research Station, Utah

MDRS236

MDRS - Crew 236

Engineer, Researcher, Journalist

Responsible for station upkeep, mission cataloguing, and research transcription at the Mars Society's simulation Mars habitat.

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Raytheon - Intelligence & Space

GNC Engineering Intern

Wrote & tested novel Guidance, Navigation, & Controls code for the JPSS-2 satellite.

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June 2021 - August 2021

Riverdale, MD

JPSS-2

May 2019 - August 2021

West Lafayette, IN

HAPSIS Alpha

Purdue Orbital - Commercial Rkt. Team

Design Lead

Led the team of 7 responsible for the design, integration, test, and successful flight of our hanging-launch L-class solid rocket system.

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NASA - Micro-G NExT Program

Mechanical Lead

Led the design & manufacturing of a drill bit & alignment jig for sampling lunar regolith. Our product was selected by NASA for testing with astronauts in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab.

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August 2020 - June 2021

West Lafayette, IN

Lunar Drill

December 2019- January 2020

Mars Desert Research Station, Utah

MDRS218

MDRS - Crew 218

Engineer, Researcher, Journalist

Joined by 5 other Purdue scientists, I researched (& was researched) over the course of a 2-week simulation Mars mission.

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Applied Research Associates

Technical Intern

Built subcomponent prototypes and reviewed designs for the GBU-72/B bunker buster. Built and administered a Product Data Management system for the initiative.

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May 2019 - August 2019

Albuquerque, NM

GBU-72

August 2017 - May 2019

West Lafayette, IN

Early rockets

Purdue Orbital - Commercial Rkt. Team

Member

Earned Level 1 High-Powered Rocketry Certification while building solid rocket test articles to proof Purdue Orbital's balloon-suspended rocket launch platform design.

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TigerDen Martial Arts

Assistant Instructor

Guided students ages 5-50 through Tae Kwon Do martial arts techniques, with a focus on the discipline & camaraderie inherent to the sport.

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April 2015 - August 2017

Lorton, VA

Tae Kwon Do

Organizations:

Firefly
Northrop Grumman
Raytheon
NASA
The Mars Society
Applied Research Associates
Purdue Orbital
TigerDen