Experience

Outpost

• United States
• Marketing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Mission Systems Engineering

  • May 2023 - Present

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Leading end-to-end mission execution, including mission analysis, design, launch, ground systems, entry, descent and landing, and mission operations. Principal Investigator (PI) for three of Outpost's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards, including a $1.7M Space Force Phase 2, and NASA ISS/CLD (Commercial LEO Destination) efforts.

• Lead Mission Systems Engineer

  • May 2022 - Present

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area First lead engineer (Lead Mission Systems) at Outpost, the sustainable space company enabling precision Earth Return of satellites and orbital payloads to make space safer, cleaner, and more efficient.



BLUE ORIGIN

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

• New Glenn Sr. RF Systems Engineer and Lead

  • Jun 2021 - May 2022

  Senior Systems Engineer and Lead for the New Glenn RF Communications Team. Led the development, integration, and testing of multiple mission critical RF communication systems for Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, including but not limited to: - System and subsystem specification writing, alignment, and release - Project plan development and execution - Team Lead responsibilities, including team organization, recruiting, hiring, onboarding, leading standups and roadblock removal… Show more Senior Systems Engineer and Lead for the New Glenn RF Communications Team. Led the development, integration, and testing of multiple mission critical RF communication systems for Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, including but not limited to: - System and subsystem specification writing, alignment, and release - Project plan development and execution - Team Lead responsibilities, including team organization, recruiting, hiring, onboarding, leading standups and roadblock removal for a team of RF engineers, project managers, and test engineers building, testing, and integrating 3 complete RF systems including radios, coax cabling, antennas, etc. Show less



Stratolaunch

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Staff Telemetry & Comms Engineer

  • Aug 2020 - Jun 2021

  Developed, integrated, and tested the mission critical RF communication systems for Stratolaunch's hypersonic vehicle, including Systems Tool Kit (STK) Modeling, GNSS/GPS system specification, hands-on test for unique mission configurations, link budgets, and antenna development oversight.



GUTMA

• Banking

• GUTMA/GSMA Aerial Connectivity Joint Activity - Technical Lead and Decision Board Member

  • Mar 2020 - Aug 2020

  Technical lead and Decision Board Member of GUTMA and GSMA's Aerial Connectivity Joint Activity (ACJA), implementing direction and vision to move the UTM industry forward by leading 5+ Technical Workstreams focused on Connectivity for UAS. (GUTMA = Global UAS-Traffic-Management Association, GSMA = Cellular Organization) GUTMA & GSMA's Aerial Connectivity Joint Activity (ACJA) aims to educate stakeholders from across the cellular and aviation ecosystems – in particular, by… Show more Technical lead and Decision Board Member of GUTMA and GSMA's Aerial Connectivity Joint Activity (ACJA), implementing direction and vision to move the UTM industry forward by leading 5+ Technical Workstreams focused on Connectivity for UAS. (GUTMA = Global UAS-Traffic-Management Association, GSMA = Cellular Organization) GUTMA & GSMA's Aerial Connectivity Joint Activity (ACJA) aims to educate stakeholders from across the cellular and aviation ecosystems – in particular, by creating a common understanding of how to navigate standard development organisations (SDOs), enabling individual companies to contribute appropriately to often highly complex standards. Particular focus for ACJA will be given to how standards are used to promote safety, as standards-based systems benefit from more testing, data analysis, and experience than individual proprietary systems. ACJA’s work will also seek to identify the potential capabilities and needs of cellular networks in unmanned traffic management (UTM) and aviation in general. https://www.gsma.com/iot/news/gsma-and-gutma-launch-new-joint-initiative-to-align-mobile-and-aviation-industries/ Show less



Airbus

• Aviation & Aerospace
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Wireless & Communications Architect

  • Nov 2018 - Aug 2020

  Contributed to Altiscope's successful transition to an official Airbus project: Airbus UTM (UAS Traffic Management), which was building digital traffic management to enable the next age of aviation that includes autonomous aircraft. Under the umbrella of Airbus Urban Air Mobility (UAM) / Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), Airbus UTM began the designs of the critical infrastructure which will allow new aircraft including air taxis and delivery drones to safely enter and share the skies of our future… Show more Contributed to Altiscope's successful transition to an official Airbus project: Airbus UTM (UAS Traffic Management), which was building digital traffic management to enable the next age of aviation that includes autonomous aircraft. Under the umbrella of Airbus Urban Air Mobility (UAM) / Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), Airbus UTM began the designs of the critical infrastructure which will allow new aircraft including air taxis and delivery drones to safely enter and share the skies of our future. As Wireless & Communications Architect for Airbus UTM, led several initiatives including: - Analysis of Remote Identification ("Remote ID" or "RID") technologies, standards, and FAA rulemaking for UAS, including but not limited to: leading the official Airbus response across all Airbus Business Units to the FAA Remote ID Notice for Proposed Rule-Making (NPRM) and contributions to the ASTM Remote Identification Standard - Identification of critical spectrum for UAS and the associated rulemaking, including the FCC's Notice for Proposed Rule-Making (NPRM) for 5.9 GHz - Protection of all of Airbus's spectrum interests in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Radio Conference (WRC), including for UAS, Vehicle-to-Vehicle, and Detect-And-Avoid (DAA) - Protection of all of Airbus's technological interests in 3GPP cellular standardization www.AirbusUTM.com Show less



A³ by Airbus

• Wireless and Communications Architect

  • Apr 2018 - Nov 2018

  San Francisco Bay Area Altiscope is a project that takes a new approach for achieving unmanned aircraft system (UAS) integration into airspace. Specifically, it is a simulator for evaluating policy options and operational models for ATM systems that can service all forms of airborne traffic in a wide range of geographies and jurisdictions.



NASA Ames Research Center

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Communications Engineer, Electronic Instrumentation Systems

  • Feb 2012 - Apr 2018

  Mountain View, CA Worked in the Engineering Systems Division Electronics, Software, and Controls Branch at NASA Ames Research Center, as the Communications Subsystem Lead for cubesat missions including BioSentinel, a 6U cubesatellite scheduled to launch to deep space off of the first Space Launch System (SLS) launch to test the effects of radiation on yeast DNA, leading the team from mission design to a Mission Concept Review, through both Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews, and leading the integration and… Show more Worked in the Engineering Systems Division Electronics, Software, and Controls Branch at NASA Ames Research Center, as the Communications Subsystem Lead for cubesat missions including BioSentinel, a 6U cubesatellite scheduled to launch to deep space off of the first Space Launch System (SLS) launch to test the effects of radiation on yeast DNA, leading the team from mission design to a Mission Concept Review, through both Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews, and leading the integration and test effort, while overseeing a vendor to deliver one of the first deep-space cubesatellite transponders. Previously supported the Communications subsystem and Real Time Operations Team on LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer), a small spacecraft that successfully launched on September 6th, 2013. Gained hands-on cleanroom experience architecting, executing, and troubleshooting space flight hardware tests. Instrumental role in subsystem preparation for integration and comprehensive testing, including writing procedures, coordinating interactions with different subsystems and NASA centers, procuring components, familiarization with test instruments (including VNAs, signal generators, modem test set) and preparations for automation of comprehensive test plan for communication subsystem. Also served as a LADEE Mission operator for the Communications subsystem, Data Engineer, and Command engineer positions, performing real time telemetry monitoring, link analysis prediction and assessment, and participating in any relevant Earth station and maneuver planning activities as well as leading staffed passes. Show less



University of Southern California

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Electrical Engineering Graduate Student

  • Aug 2010 - Mar 2012

  Greater Los Angeles Area Communication system and astronautical engineering coursework, including Random Processes, Communication Systems Design, Communication Theory, RF Filter Design, Spacecraft Design, and Spacecraft Sensors.

• Electrical Engineering Intern

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2011

  Moffett Field, CA Performed preliminary development of load simulator for lunar orbiter power system with SCPI in LabVIEW. Programmed control system for linear actuator in Simulink. Developed solar panel simulation and visualization tools with VBA, PSpice and STK data for power analysis. Researched and calibrated communications test equipment up to specification for test and integration.



Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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

• Space Grant Intern

  • Jan 2011 - Apr 2011

  Created module and cosimulation testbench in MATLAB and ModelSim for onboard hardware radar processing.



USC InfoLab

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • 2008 - May 2010

  Addressed privacy and security issues with GeoSIM, an urban sensing system for social image mapping of urban geolocations. • Completed preprocessing for Brain Computer Interface Competition IV by eliminating corrupt signals and adjusting time offset using MATLAB and presented a poster on the topic at the British Computer Society Women Undergraduate Lovelace Colloquium at the University of Leeds, UK.



Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems

• Electrical Engineering Intern

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  Worked with a senior Electrical Engineer on testing, troubleshooting, and designing for a laser program. Successfully validated suspected problems on circuit card assemblies in a lab, while redlining outdated test procedures and designing a tester for a new laser.



Northrop Grumman Mission Systems

• United States
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Software Engineering Intern

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  Assisted in the process of benchmarking new features for a large database by working in UNIX, and C++ to parse and normalize a very large XML file to create a test set of data for the project and successfully completed a five week C++ training and gained experience with SQL.



USC ReadersPlus

• Webmaster/Staff Assistant

  • Oct 2006 - 2008

  Created brand new website with Adobe Photoshop, HTML, and CSS, which has increased the availability of resources for tutors and staff. Currently maintaining and introducing new features to the website and taking on increasing staff responsibilities to strengthen the program.



SmartConnect

• United States
• Software Development

• Intern

  • Oct 2005 - Dec 2005

  Learned and developed code in Microsoft C#, developed a date-time program to normalize dates for point-of-sale processing, modified external website to provide the public with the most up-to-date information about the company.