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Design, analyze, prototype, and validate precision electromechanical systems for space. Own hardware from requirements through production, perform stress/fatigue/thermal/tolerance analyses, create SolidWorks models and manufacturing drawings, select mechanical components, build and test prototypes, support qualification (vibration, shock, thermal-vacuum), and collaborate with suppliers and manufacturing to ensure producible, flight-ready systems.

Lead end-to-end development of ruggedized deployable micro-satellites for a high-velocity rotary deployment platform. Own mechanical design, analysis, fabrication, integration, environmental qualification, testing, failure investigations, and production transition.Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, run design reviews, perform structural/thermal analyses, generate detailed drawings, and collaborate with manufacturing and suppliers to improve producibility and scale to production.

Manage and scale on-premise and cloud infrastructure supporting engineering, manufacturing, and secure programs. Administer Windows and Linux servers, Proxmox virtualization, Microsoft 365 services, networking, backups/DR, monitoring, and CMMC Level 2 security efforts. Automate tasks with PowerShell or Bash and support incident response and system availability.

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Lead GNC subsystem development from concept through mission operations: design and implement GNC algorithms for flight software, manage hardware/software integration and subcontractors, define requirements, run V&V and Monte Carlo analyses, support HIL testing and mission operations, and drive schedule and milestones with senior management.

Design, model, simulate, and implement motor controllers, power-conversion systems, and spacecraft actuators. Develop DSP/FPGA implementations, HIL/SIL simulations, perform iterative testing, coordinate electrical/software requirements, and evaluate buy-vs-build tradeoffs for flight-ready payloads.

Lead government-focused business development across DoD, Space Force, USAF, and Intelligence Community. Build pipelines, capture plans, customer relationships, proposals, and partnerships; coordinate cross-functional teams through proposal, negotiation, and contract award. Provide market intelligence and strategic recommendations to leadership.

The GNC Engineer leads subsystem development, designs algorithms for flight software, conducts simulations, and manages schedules, ensuring requirements are met for space applications.

Three-month, full-time onsite engineering development program supporting mechanical, aerospace, and astrodynamics analyses. Perform analytical modeling, simulations, technical documentation, trade studies, and support cross-team engineering coordination; mentored projects with evaluation for potential full-time hire.