Experience

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  The internal medicine clinic of fort collins

  Aug 2003 - May 2005

  Office assistant

  • Responsible for setting up new patients and organizing medical data. Worked very well in a challenging, diverse, and fast-paced team environment.

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  University of colorado

  Jun 2007 - Feb 2010

  • Implemented and directed a team of students to maintain quality control standards for concrete and asphalt. • Assessed, quantified, and analyzed pavement conditions throughout the university through field research and computer analysis. • Experienced working in office and field environments, team leadership, and small scale project management. • Maintained campus grounds. Experienced with all facets of departmental operations and activities. Demonstrated excellent time management and flexibility.

  • Infrastructure Quality Control Supervisor

    May 2008 - Feb 2010

  • Groundskeeper

    Jun 2007 - Aug 2008
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  Ssl

  Jul 2010 - Jul 2014

  • Developed novel spacecraft architectures and antenna reflector deployments.• Worked directly with business development and program offices to formulate and deliver new business proposals, illustrating strong work ethic against short timelines. • Cognizant Engineer leading subsystem design, packaging, deployed and stowed configurations, and integration for Asiasat-6 and others.• Managed design and integration of RF waveguides to spacecraft busses – including new C-band sizing.• Experienced in requirements, schedule, and personnel management, including both junior and experienced engineers.• Identified need for and initiated young professionals group, with sponsorship of senior leadership. • Use Computer-Aided Design to design Spacecraft Waveguides, optimizing for assembly and manufacturability to spaceflight standards.

  • Lead Engineer, Advanced Bus Development

    Jul 2013 - Jul 2014

  • Lead Spacecraft Configuration and Design Engineer

    Jul 2011 - Jul 2013

  • Configuration Engineer

    Jul 2010 - Jul 2011
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  Mda us systems llc

  Jul 2015 - Apr 2017

  Mechatronics/robotics engineer

  • Experienced in designing robotic arms for space applications.• Perform a wide variety of tasks ranging from proposal writing and vendor interfacing, to LabVIEW programming and hardware testing.• Designed, prototyped, and tested a variety of robotic applications including gimbal systems and serial-link robotic manipulators. Interfaced with customers including MIT-LL, GSFC, and JPL.• Developed and implemented a compact avionics enclosure for an antenna gimbal system with small size constraints as part of IKARIS. Show less

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  Maxar technologies

  Apr 2017 - Sept 2023

  • Providing key experience in Systems Engineering: implemented standardized product breakdown structures, requirements hierarchies, and technology readiness assessments across 7+ projects.• Leading Business Development, and Bid and Proposal efforts: Led four $10M+ proposals. Implemented standard costing templates, proposal technical assessments, and schedules. Key player in proposal writing, customer interactions, and stakeholder management, illustrating strong project management, development, and execution skills.• Managed and submitted the company’s largest proposal to-date: $100M+, commercial space station-class arm. • Collaborate on new technology development and technical road mapping including new technology prototyping and IRAD prioritization.• Project Engineer for NASA’s LUnA project, led key decision analysis and technology pivot for underactuated arm brake system to meet cost, schedule, and performance needs of the project.• Experienced in Project Instantiation, and Process Improvement efforts. Show less • Lead Project Engineer for DIU/M4SS. Successfully executed rapid 5-month demonstration phase under budget using novel technologies.• Lead Mechatronics Engineer for a state-of-the-art zero-gravity robotic offloader system for SPIDER project.• Experienced in robotic architecture design, simulation, and test across flagship programs including: RSGS, OSAM-1, AGS.• Demonstrated agile problem solving and execution in spaceflight, and R&D environments.• Well-versed in actuator control, system identification, and tuning.• Developed and implemented custom interface hardware for motor control electrical interfacing, used across multiple projects. Show less • Experienced in designing robotic arms for space applications.• Perform a wide variety of tasks ranging from proposal writing and vendor interfacing, to LabVIEW programming and hardware testing.• Designed, prototyped, and tested a variety of robotic applications including gimbal systems and serial-link robotic manipulators. Interfaced with customers including MIT-LL, GSFC, and JPL.• Developed and implemented a compact avionics enclosure for an antenna gimbal system with small size constraints as part of IKARIS. Show less

  • Senior Robotics Engineer - Advanced Systems

    Aug 2023 - Sept 2023

  • Senior Mechatronics/Robotics Engineer

    Jun 2020 - Aug 2023

  • Mechatronics/Robotics Engineer

    Apr 2017 - Jul 2020
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  Maxar space systems

  Sept 2023 - Oct 2024

  Senior robotics engineer - advanced systems

  • Providing key experience in Systems Engineering: implemented standardized product breakdown structures, requirements hierarchies, and technology readiness assessments across 7+ projects.• Leading Business Development, and Bid and Proposal efforts: Led four $10M+ proposals. Implemented standard costing templates, proposal technical assessments, and schedules. Key player in proposal writing, customer interactions, and stakeholder management, illustrating strong project management, development, and execution skills.• Managed and submitted the company’s largest proposal to-date: $100M+, commercial space station-class arm. • Collaborate on new technology development and technical road mapping including new technology prototyping and IRAD prioritization.• Project Engineer for NASA’s LUnA project, led key decision analysis and technology pivot for underactuated arm brake system to meet cost, schedule, and performance needs of the project.• Experienced in Project Instantiation, and Process Improvement efforts. Show less

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  Honeybee robotics, a blue origin company

  Oct 2024 - now

  Principal systems engineer

  • Understand the voice of the customer and continually inject that vision into the product development effort.• Develop conceptual designs and work plans for new product development, including estimation of resources required.• Perform top-level architectural design and preliminary analysis/sizing of spaceflight electromechanical hardware.• Act as the primary interface between mechanical and electrical engineering teams• Analyze and define product functional requirements, subsystem requirements, including mechanical, electronic, embedded systems and software, etc.• Own product functional and validation requirements• Perform hazards and risk analysis and develop mitigation strategies.• Apply engineering principles to and directly participate in the design, fabrication, assembly, and test of various mechatronic systems.• Generate and review fabrication, test, and quality assurance documentation and vendor specifications. Show less