Experience

Saber Astronautics

• Australia
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Flight Director

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  - Managing the “night shift” for the operations of AST Spacemobile’s BlueWalker 3 satellite (12 hours a day, 7 days a week)- Pacific Site Lead for the Sprint Advanced Concept Training (SACT) Exercise 22-3 and 23-1

• Space Operator/Mission Manager

  • Aug 2021 - Apr 2022

  - Pacific Deputy Civil Site Lead for SACT 22-2 and Space Situational Awareness analyst for SACT 22-1- Management of Saber Astronautics customer missions including technical, programmatic and financial milestones- Coordinating mission integration activities across operations, infrastructure and software development teams - Technical requirements generation and systems engineering- Spacecraft operations engineering- Development of tools for exchange of spacecraft ephemeris and manoeuvre data to 18th SPCS



Australian Space Agency

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Program Officer

  • Mar 2020 - Aug 2021

  Moon to Mars Initiative (M2M): - Demonstrator Program Manager: Responsible for managing the Demonstrator element of the M2M Initiative that aims to provide a pathway to develop and launch products into space. - Trailblazer Program Support: Providing programmatic and mission systems support to the the Trailblazer element of the M2M Initiative. This is the signature program of the initiative. It will see Australia play a direct role in NASA’s mission to go to the Moon and on to Mars. Technical Roadmaps: - Space Situational Awareness Roadmap: Supporting the development of Agency's Technical roadmap focussed on Space Situational Awareness.



Airbus Defence and Space

• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Program

  • Sep 2018 - Feb 2020

  Airbus Defence and Space UK Graduate Program Placements: Instrument Systems Engineer: Working within the Radar and Microwave Instruments department of the Earth Observation, Navigation and Science (ENS) business line. Systems engineering support and proposal management for high value mission proposal volumes to intergovernmental & national space agencies (ESA, CSA etc.), including the G-CLASS/Hydroterra ESA Earth Explorer 10 candidate Project Manager: Supporting the management of projects within the Airbus Defence & Space Secure Communications Project Delivery department. Supporting project management, business development and market intelligence for secure satellite communications programmes within the Strategic Development department (Secure Communications). Joint Liaisons Lead for UniCOM (Airbus outreach program run by graduates)



Airbus

• France
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fuel Systems Engineer (Intern)

  • Jul 2015 - Jul 2016

  As a fuel systems engineer within the research and technology department I have had the opportunity to project manage and support the development of new technologies for passenger aircraft. This has involved working on these projects from the lab, through to flight testing and in-service use. As a fuel systems engineer within the research and technology department I have had the opportunity to project manage and support the development of new technologies for passenger aircraft. This has involved working on these projects from the lab, through to flight testing and in-service use.



Status Grand Prix Engineering Limited

• Spectator Sports

• Data Engineer

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2015