Austen Jeppson, CAPM

Experience

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  Tower Semiconductor

  Aug 2018 - Apr 2019

  Mentee

  ● Worked side by side with Facilities Engineers to select and install a state-of-the-art particle monitoring system for the manufacturing clean room.● Performed research on the selected system and used data analysis to establish operational parameters.

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  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  May 2020 - Aug 2020

  L-SPACE Academy Mission Concept Scholar - Student Deputy Project Manager

  L'SPACE Academy is a 12 week student professional workforce development program sponsored by NASA. During this time I worked with a distributed virtual team of 12 as our Deputy Project Manager.Our goal was to write a Preliminary Design Review for a secondary-payload strategic-science mission to Mars. Programs such as Siemens NX, JMARS, and Excel were used over the course of the project. We also received a variety of guest lectures from NASA employees over various NASA missions, as well as presentations covering topics such as leadership, teamwork, and professional development. Show less

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  Tower Semiconductor

  May 2021 - Aug 2021

  Manufacturing Cleanroom Operator

  Worked in a cleanroom environment operating mid-current, high-current and high-energy ion implanters in the production process for integrated circuits.

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  Zachry Engineering Education Complex

  Sept 2021 - May 2022

  Student Laboratory Assistant

  Serving in a capacity of administrative and technical support for the Fischer Engineering Design Center. Collaborate with personnel to perform tasks relevant to the design center.

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  L3Harris Technologies

  May 2022 - Jul 2022

  Project Engineering Intern

  Successfully redeveloped the schedule for Thermal Control Drawing Release to support integration, production, and qualification testing.Assisted in the development of control account management processes across the Project Engineering Department.Pushed 100+ drawings from initial design to production release in 10 weeks through coordinating with 20+ engineers in establishing timelines, prioritization, and optimizing existing cross-functional processes.Led root cause and corrective action (RCCA) for fiber optic cable routing and label plate mounting to present at Change Control Board (CCB) meetings.Performed investigation of engineering change requests across multiple project phases for senior engineering review. Show less

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  Hermeus

  Jan 2023 - May 2023

  GNC Intern

  Performed integrated testing of flight software with the flight deck GUI.Added fidelity to guidance controllers, centerline tracking, and ground control states based on flight test needs.Performed verification and validation of state transitions for the auto-pilot guidance system of a hypersonic vehicle.

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  Odyssey Space Research, LLC

  Jan 2025 - now

  System Engineer