Tyler ToddEvans

Experience

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  PACCAR

  Jul 2005 - Sept 2008

  Mecanical Engineering Intern

  Modified drawings using Pro/Engineer and coordinated with suppliers for changes

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  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Robotics Academy

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2006

  Intern

  -Worked with a team of 4 students on designing a conformal gripping robot end effector-Helped present work at R&D 100 Awards Banquet in Chicago, IL

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  PACCAR

  Jan 2009 - Mar 2009

  Mechanical Engineer

  Used Pro/Engineer & 3ds Max to design and animate truck parts in addition to modifying drawings and coordinating with suppliers

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  Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT)

  Mar 2009 - Apr 2017

  RESTORE-L Mission, responsible for 13 flight cameras used for rendezvous and proximity operations with client satellite and monitoring robotic arms during tele-operated re-fueling activities. Lead for flight camera receiving, environmental testing, integration, and testing. Develop and lead procedures from electronics safe-to-mate to functional imaging tests. Test, analyze, and integrate flight components for the ICESat-2 LIDAR telescope mission at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Design, fabrication, testing, and operational lead for proxy laser system that is used to align all of the mirror components on the optical bench. Use theodolites, lasers, and CCD cameras for precise alignment of subsystems and testing of performance. Work directly with technicians, systems engineers, scientists, safety, quality assurance, and managers. Product Development Lead for the Optical Development System Lab for the ATLAS instrument of the NASA ICESat-2 mission. Managed a lab and led a team to develop and integrate prototype components into an aligned system. The data and lessons learned from aligning prototype optics were directly applied to integration of the flight instrument that will be used for earth ice level monitoring in 2018. Managed the technology development for the alignment and bonding of thin glass x-ray mirror segments. Responded to shifting priorities by scientists with innovative solutions and rapid design iteration. Used hexapods, robotic arms, nanometer resolution linear actuators and picometer resolution displacement sensors.

  • Opto-Mechanical Payload Engineer

    Mar 2016 - Apr 2017

  • Opto-Mechanical Engineer / Test Director

    Jan 2014 - Apr 2017

  • Optical Integration and Test Engineer

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2014

  • Opto-Mechanical Engineer

    Mar 2009 - Jan 2012
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  FIRST Robotics Mentor across Australia

  Jan 2016 - Mar 2016

  Mentor

  I was awarded the Australian Government Endeavour Executive Award Fellowship. This enabled me to take three months off of work to travel across Australia helping over 15 different high school FIRST Robotics Competition teams get up and running and create an impact on their community. Part of that was a 2.5 week 5,000+km road trip across the Australian Outback to mentor new teams in isolated communities or low social economic areas called Robots in the Outback. My overall trip encompassed 5 different Australian States (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland) and I directly mentored over 250 students. Show less

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  SpaceX

  May 2017 - Mar 2020

  Manufacturing Engineer II

  Led manufacturing integration of two prototype satellites. Helped design factory stations for satellite manufacturing and integration from the ground up. Worked on manufacturing and testing of both components and full satellite integration as well as testing. Influenced design of a factory and helped support the build of over 300 satellites for Starlink worldwide high-speed internet.

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  Blue Origin

  Mar 2020 - Sept 2021

  Manufacturing Engineer III

  Lead final integration of the BE-4 engine including component assembly and installation. Review engineering designs for manufacturability, create work instructions, support builds in the factory. Lead checkouts (pneumatic, hydraulic, controller, dimensional) of completed engines before shipment. Lead Manufacturing Engineer for BE-4 Gimbal component manufacture and test. Support engine hot-fire tests at Texas facility.

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  Amazon

  Sept 2021 - now

  Work on the Kuiper launch team to plan, develop training, and lead processing, testing, and integration of satellites in Florida onto different rockets. Scale the satellite integration process to achieve thousands of satellites on orbit to connect the world through access to internet. Based in WA with travel to launch sites. https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/what-is-amazon-project-kuiper Integrate and Test Satellites performing vehicle level environmental and functional testing for the Project Kuiper constellation to deploy internet to the unserved and underserved. Satellite Test Engineer for Amazon’s project Kuiper constellation working to integrate and test satellite components at the vehicle level. Looking forward to making an impact by bringing fast, affordable broadband internet to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

  • Senior Satellite I&T Engineer

    Mar 2023 - now

  • Senior Satellite Test Engineer

    Apr 2022 - Mar 2023

  • Satellite Test Engineer

    Sept 2021 - Apr 2022