Pasadena, California, United States
I'm a space and avionics systems engineer with Master’s degree and 6 years of experience. I have experience in flight software verification and validation (V&V) and risk analysis for safety-critical human spaceflight and aerospace applications – including V&V for hardware, software, and interface requirements, development of functional architecture and design of spacecraft systems, integration and testing of flight software at the subsystem- and box-level, risk mitigation analysis, guidance and navigation flight software development, and analysis related to functional hazards and off-nominal space flight conditions. My primary areas of development are in Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) and Command & Data Handling (C&DH) subsystems, avionics software systems, and integrated electronics in flight control systems. Graduated Johns Hopkins University with an MS in Space Systems Engineering with Honors and George Washington University with a BS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with Magna Cum Laude honors. For more details, please reach out!
Contracted by Triple Crown Consulting. Developing and executing verification and validation (V&V) plans and test procedures for satellite subsystems including GNC components and ground terminal interfaces, ensuring requirements traceability and compliance across the ground segment for Amazon Leo's Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation serving government customers Creating and maintaining integration plan documents and technical artifacts to define the integration and test (I&T) approach for satellite and ground system elements, coordinating with cross-functional engineering teams to establish clear test sequences, success criteria, and interface verification milestones throughout the development lifecycle Driving process improvement initiatives within the SEIT organization by identifying gaps in existing V&V workflows and implementing standardized procedures for requirements verification, test documentation, and anomaly tracking — increasing rigor, repeatability, and efficiency across integration and test campaigns Performing technical data analysis on test results generated from integration and test campaigns, communicating findings and anomalies to subsystem developers and program management through formal reviews and engineering artifacts to support milestone readiness and system-level verification closure
Contracted by Bluehawk Consulting. • Developed and executed comprehensive subsystem- and box- level verification procedures to test safety-critical and high-priority flight and embedded software to prepare for Test Readiness Review (TRR) prior to January 2025 New Glenn maiden flight • Performed verification and validation for the Navigation boxes (IMUs, interfaces, and GPS data), Power Handling, Data Handling & Processing subsystems, Autonomous Flight Termination Unit (AFTU) system (range safety-critical abort system) for the New Glenn launch vehicle and shared software for the New Glenn and New Shepard Navigation systems to ensure compliance with Range Safety certification standards • Designed functionality and integration tests using C, C++, Python, and Matlab which targeted ARM processors and FPGA elements to simulate CPU fault injections, flight software disruptions, and edge-case timing scenarios while producing test artifacts to communicate findings for formal reviews and audits which led to several issues being identified and fixed prior to formal deployment
Contracted by C.I. Software and Raytheon • Developed, prepared, and executed several specialized verification plans to analyze the behavior of the Europa Clipper spacecraft’s Command and Data Handling (C&DH) subsystem during off-nominal events • Played a key role in verifying mission-critical embedded software systems and complex integrated avionics functionalities related to memory utilization and storage, telemetry collection, and GNC component interfaces to ground support equipment and to spacecraft data interfaces (1553 and UART data protocols) • Simulated error injections and memory corruption to identify single-point failures and memory fault protection functions during testing via JPL-modified core Flight System (cFS) program • Presented formal technical reviews of the verification approach and analysis of test artifacts compiled over individual test runs to project management and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to verify that Priority One (Pre-Launch) requirements were satisfied across avionics domains and that tests were run with enough coverage and confidence to pass milestone reviews
Worked as a Flight Control System (FCS) Engineer for the AgustaWestland civil aviation tiltrotor aircraft, AW609, to aid in FCS systems development to be the world's first tiltrotor craft on the civilian market.
Contracted by Kronos Consulting (Aerospace Engineering) • Developed model-based software design and code of Engine Control Unit (ECU) flight controls software for the newest Honeywell turboshaft engine, including developing and executing Simulink designs for ECU to interface with other flight software modules • Created RS-422 data packaging requirements and technical specification reports of the ECU software on an accelerated timescale as per military flight system development standards • Overhauled system for organizing and verifying requirements to automate “flagging” process for batches of component-based requirements at the hardware level to be implemented in DOORS system – aided in verifying hundreds of hardware requirements to ensure feasibility and consistency with hierarchical design and performance requirements