Experience

BLUE ORIGIN

• Avionics Structural Engineer III



BLUE ORIGIN

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Avionics Structural Analyst III

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  • Roles & Responsibilities ◦ Perform strength analysis of electronic and mechanical components by finite element & hand calculation processes, including dynamic vibration and shock analysis, estimation of composite and electronic material properties, & fracture control. ◦ Manage mechanical requirements for all internal and external avionics on the rocket program – Environments, materials, analysis standards, manufacturing standards, and testing practices ◦ Propose, plan, and execute vibration/shock testing campaigns for electronic equipment and root cause analysis of failures ◦ Technical responsibility for structural signature for all electronics, sensors, and harnessing on the program (~15 major Line Replaceable Units, dozens of sensor types, and several hundred brackets/harness assemblies) • Lead avionics structural analyst for the New Glenn rocket ◦ Technical managed one full time support analyst and half a dozen part time analysts ◦ Primary liaison between dynamic environments and the avionics organization • Successfully implemented design improvements and corrective actions under a variety of environments from SMC-016 minimum workmanship, MIL-810g standards, and significantly higher including modal separation strategies, development of foam mounting strategies, staking and conformal coating strategies, CLD panel techniques, isolators, and combined thermo-mechnical design solutions. Show less



United Launch Alliance (ULA)

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Proulsion Structual Analyst II

  • Jun 2015 - May 2019

  June 2015-May 2019 Propulsion Structural Analyst II, ULA. Denver, Co • Roles & Responsibilities ◦ Perform strength analysis of components and systems by finite element and hand calculation processes, including static linear & non-linear methods, S-N fatigue analysis, fracture analysis, and buckling. ◦ Review and set requirements for sub-contractor strength analysis ◦ Perform and manage structural tests and test requirements • Primary strength analyst for several major systems on development program for the Vulcan rocket booster ◦ Worked with multidisciplinary team to define loads and environments and to make trade offs between competing system needs at the vehicle level, as well as managing several key sub-contractor interfaces during the process • Performed structural analysis & design for vehicle scale fluids test system ◦ Coordinated site planning, sub-contractor building requirements, test tank design and loading conditions, ground support equipment design, and tooling design ◦ Significant weld development and troubleshooting effort • Led development of qualification of a new material bonding process ◦ Process predicted to save several tens of thousands of dollars per ship set while reducing schedule, risk, and mass in the design. ◦ Identified the need for unconventional approach to solve a problem, led the material process qualification effort, and was approved for use in production. Show less