Experience

Barrios Technology, LTD

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Systems Engineer, NASA Artemis Program - Lunar Geology Tools

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  • Redefined and authored the requirements for Lunar EVA Geology Tools intended for crewed missions to the Moon’s south pole. Delivered ahead of schedule, attaining a 50% time reduction.• Spearheaded testing approach and Operations Concepts for EVAs within Shackleton Crater and its surroundings through team leadership, ensuring seamless execution of the Artemis Program.• Leveraged experience in chemistry and thermal analysis to help the team interpret and accommodate Science stakeholder needs for EVA operations in extreme temperatures. • Determined the crew operations for EVA-IVA transitions, involving Human Engineering, in-the-field development testing, and vehicle integration, to assure safe return of the crew and samples.• Mentored support SEs and project engineers, and simultaneously collaborated with multiple organizations and customers to guarantee the hardware exceeded the Mission’s needs. Show less

• Lead Systems Engineer, NASA Orion ECLSS

  • Apr 2017 - Oct 2019

  • Generated and managed requirements, qualification and flight unit verification, and validation for fire emergency Environmental Control and Life Support Systems hardware.• Directed development, test planning, and technical integration into the Orion crew vehicle by employing project management principles, leading to the realization of set goals.• Executed volatile chemistry testing, developed the hardware assembly plans, and coordinated with Crew, Operations, and the Orion management teams to create the vehicle integration plan.• Authored EVA/IVA Operations Concepts and worked closely with customers and ECLSS community to develop the technical solution to how to survive a fire in space. • Mentored support engineers on hardware lifecycle and how to apply best practices. Show less

• Senior Engineer, ISS System Manager

  • Feb 2006 - Mar 2017

  • Managed the operation of over 4,000 IVA hardware assemblies and payloads aboard the ISS.• Managed the entire development lifecycle of and served as the customer for several concurrent ISS systems, totaling more than $50 million of hardware.• Revolutionized space hygiene activities by designing the concept for and leading a team of civil servants to develop the first Hygiene Liner for ISS. Completed 3 months ahead of schedule, resulting in a 75% increase in efficiency.• Created collaborations across multiple disciplines including ECLSS, Structures, and Operations as the lead representative to ISS Program Management and Astronaut Crew Office customers.• Other duties included Mission Control operator and the designer, developer, and manager of the system’s hardware database and SharePoint site. Show less

• Lead Project Engineer, Lunar Habitat Project

  • Jul 2005 - Feb 2006

  • Collaborated with Astronauts, Operations, Human Factors, and Antarctic and sub-surface explorers to develop the design and requirements for the NASA “Moon Base” habitat mockups.• Devised training and operations plan for the use of the mockups with the intent to provide a basis for NASA's approach to establishing a permanent presence on the Moon.



Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

• Lead Project Engineer, Space Shuttle Crew Escape and Survival

  • Jun 2003 - Jul 2005

  • Solely responsible for the re-design, testing, failure investigation, and thermal analysis of the Space Shuttle Individual Cooling Units and associated training hardware.

• Aerothermal Analysis Specialist - ISS and Space Shuttle

  • Jun 2000 - Jun 2003

  • Analyzed thermal profiles of the Space Shuttle engine plumes to determine impingement impacts to the ISS using specialized flowfield software.• Predicted potential damage to ISS, resulting in alterations to the vehicle flight paths and ISS module configuration.• Refined the existing software and developed new methods for developing heating predictions.



Lockheed Martin and Loral Space

• Co-Op, International Space Station and Space Shuttle

  • Jan 1996 - Aug 1998

  Cooperative Education Student Responsible for safety analyses of ISS Airlock systems and sub-systems. Aerothermal Analyst for Space Shuttle Plume Impingement. Cooperative Education Student Responsible for safety analyses of ISS Airlock systems and sub-systems. Aerothermal Analyst for Space Shuttle Plume Impingement.