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Develop real-time, fault-tolerant embedded firmware to control rocket and satellite actuators and motor-driven devices. Implement closed-loop control, interface with various sensors and communication protocols, design safety-critical state machines, support testing and hotfire campaigns, and produce unit-tested production firmware for spacecraft and testbeds.

Develop real-time, fault-tolerant embedded firmware for actuators and electromechanical control systems across launch vehicles and spacecraft. Implement closed-loop control, motor commutation, sensor feedback integration, and safety-critical state machines. Interface over CAN, SPI, UART, Ethernet, RS-422, and BISS-C; support testing, hotfire campaigns, and in-flight diagnostics. Produce unit-tested, production-quality firmware for harsh space environments.

Lead RF test strategy, design automated Python-based test infrastructure, and perform system-level validation and characterization of GNSS receivers, radios, antennas, and other RF hardware across engineering, integration, and production environments.

Lead administration and optimization of Siemens NX and Teamcenter, manage part libraries, support NX-to-Teamcenter integration, resolve complex CAD issues, implement best practices for large assemblies and MBD, and lead upgrades and testing to ensure continuous production readiness.

Lead planning, coordination, and execution of spacecraft programs across development, qualification, acceptance, and flight campaigns. Own schedules, manage risks, define requirements, coordinate cross-functional teams (engineering, manufacturing, I&T, supply chain), track program health, support proposals, and document high-reliability processes to ensure timely delivery and mission success.

Design, program, and commission industrial machinery and control systems. Create electrical and fluid schematics in EPlan, write/debug PLC software in TwinCAT/Structured Text, develop HMIs, select control hardware (VFDs, motor starters, motion systems), ensure safety standard compliance, troubleshoot systems, and collaborate with end users and vendors.

Lead design, analysis, test, and operation of in-space propulsion systems (bipropellant thrusters, valves, pressure components). Create and execute test campaigns, provide on-orbit mission support and anomaly resolution, perform risk and mission analyses, and collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, and operations to deliver reliable propulsion hardware.

Design, develop, test, and integrate ground software and mission control systems including operator GUIs, automation tools, real-time telemetry acquisition, time-series data processing, mission databases, CI systems, and integration with satellites, ground stations, and network infrastructure to support spacecraft operations.

Design and own electrical interconnect systems and harness architectures for space vehicles from concept through production. Specify components, create schematics and production drawings, lead design reviews, develop assembly/verification procedures, and collaborate cross-functionally to meet environmental, reliability, and EMI/EMC constraints while supporting prototyping and multiple programs.

Analyze liquid rocket propulsion fluids systems and components, develop and validate analytical and CFD models, design tests and process data, automate data workflows, and coordinate with propulsion, test, GNC, structures, and integration teams.