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Aerospace Industrial Engineer 
 
ASRC - Assembly, Test & Launch Operations (ATLO)
NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida
November 2024 - Present

  • Collaborating with cross functional engineering teams, including software, manufacturing and ground operations to develop optimized project schedules, improving deadline accuracy and delivery timelines

  • Conducting cost analysis for Orion Assembly, Test and Launch Operations (ATLO) Operational Excellence Initiatives (OET), identifying and evaluating cost saving opportunities across the factory floor

  • Working cross functionally with the software team to design and implement automation tools, streamlining various processes within NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Industrial Operations Zone (IOZ)

  • Running detailed time studies throughout Kennedy Space Center's Industrial Operation Zone (IOZ) to reinforce safety, improve process flow and contribute to the assembly of the Orion spacecraft

Spacecraft Software Safety Engineer

Axiom Space 
Houston, Texas
January 2024 - May 2024

  • Worked as a software safety engineer with a multi-disciplinary team responsible for the construction of the world’s first commercial space station in collaboration with NASA 

  • As a safety engineer, emphasized multiple software and systems safety engineering practices to aid the research and development of Axiom’s first commercial space station

  • Prepared multiple teams across the company for AS9100 certification, ensuring readiness and adherence to standards

  • Analyzed safety critical software architectures, for hazards and compliance with internal and NASA requirements

  • ​Concluded employment with Axiom Space due to a health related reason

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Launch Operations Engineer (Artemis Program)

NASA Kennedy Space Center - COMET
Cape Canaveral, Florida 
October 2022 - October 2023

  • Worked as a Master Console Operator (MCO) for NASA Kennedy Space Center's Spacecraft Launch Control Team

  • Deployed the operation of recently created software on a significant number of command and control servers for space hardware

  • As a spacecraft launch control operator, I was responsible for the integrity of data exchanged between ground support equipment and spaceflight hardware, as well as monitoring data streams, identification, and correcting errors

  • Collaborated with engineers to develop and implement data validation procedures

  • Contributed to the implementation and review of HCI practices to create designs for the console monitoring software

  • To learn more about the Artemis Program and NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Control Center (LCC) simply click the links provided

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Vehicle Software Engineering Intern

Aptiv - Connected Services Team
Remote
May 2021 - August 2021 

Aptiv is a global Automotive company that develops safer, greener and more connected solutions to enable the future of mobility. As an intern apart of Connected Services Team I was responsible for tasks such as:

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  • Utilizing StorybookJS to design multiple automated front-end applications used in Aptiv’s vehicle tracking system

  • Enhancing test coverage across Aptiv’s vehicle telemetry platform by designing a framework for front-end unit test cases

  • Collaborating with multiple software engineers using AGILE workflow to stay on track with application deliverable timelines

Lead Engineer - Human Spaceflight Factors Team

NASA RASC-AL 2021 Competition 
Remote 
January 2021 - June 2021 

Selected by NASA as the top 16 spacecraft finalists in the nation, our Mars Crewed Ascent Vehicle (MAV) was responsible for delivering 2 astronauts from the surface of Mars to Earth Return Vehicle (ERV). As a lead engineer for the human factors team I was responsible for:

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  • Making critical decisions regarding systems inside the spacecraft such as:

    • Dust mitigation system

    • Waste management system

    • Air ventilation system

    • Temperature & heat rejection system

    • Fire hazard protection system

    • Carbon Dioxide & Lithium Hydroxide system (CO2 & LiOH)

  • Selecting the expedition and flight suits for the crew of 2

  • Researching food, water, and hygiene necessities inside the spacecraft

  • Designing spacecraft’s seats

Electronics Team Lead 

NASA L'Space Mission Program 
Remote 
May 2020 - August 2020

The Adjustable Coolant Clamp (ACC) concept is engineered to improve heat transfer system inside Nestled Hall Thrusters of spacecraft’s Solar Electric Propulsion Systems, as the electronics team lead my responsibilities have been:

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  • Leading the electronics sub-team responsible for designing a highly efficient Discharge Supply Unit (DSU) with capability of delivering 15 kW at 350V - 400V to maximize thrust. The Discharge Supply Unit consists of components such as:

    • Output Select

    • Output Connector

    • Power Module Subassemblies

    • DSU Master Control Unit

    • Input Circuits

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  • Researching productive steps aimed to improve ground testing of Power Processing Unit for high powered thrusters while maintaining a long thruster life span. My spacecraft’s Power Processing Unit assembly consists of:

    • Discharge Supply Unit

    • Input Filter Assembly

    • Housekeeping Power Supply Board

    • System Control Board

    • AUX Power Supply Assembly

    • Xenon Flow Control Board

Aircraft Systems Integration Team Member

Project Boom
Remote 
June 2020 to August 2020

In collaboration with a global team, Project Boom was formed in hopes of creating the world’s fastest student-made unmanned jet aircraft capable of breaking the sound barrier, as a systems integration team member present for Phase 1 of the project, I was responsible for tasks such as:

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  • Researching FAA/ITAR requirements, systems structure and components needed for the aircraft

  • Calculating total mass for multiple sections of the project such as propulsion, avionics and body design

  • Making critical decisions regarding multiple needed components of the aircraft:

    • Propulsion (Fuel Tank & Fuel Pump)

    • Avionics (High definition video camera, flight controller, battery for electronics, radio telemetry, FPV camera, radio transmitter, airspeed sensors, servo control rod)

    • Structures (Tail skin, wing skin)

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  • Gathering information regarding landing and takeoff circumstances such as:

    • Innovative high lift concepts for highly swept supersonic wings

    • Alternative variables for propulsion architectures

    • Efficient optimization of supersonic nozzles to minimize jet noise

Full Stack Software Engineering Intern

American Express - Digital Acquisitions Team
Greater New York City Area, New York 
June 2019 - August 2019

As an intern at AMEX’s digital acquisitions team, I was responsible for tasks such as:

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  • Saving over 100 hours of work/year by leveraging machine learning models using Python 3 to automate content and layout creation by converting sketch files into JSON files used in the app ecosystem

    • Using backpropagation for a random forest conversion model, nearly quadrupling efficiency and saving over 150 hours of work per year  

    • Taking sketch files and converting them into JSON data used for AMEX API

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  • Building reusable User Interface (UI) components using ReactJS and SASS

    • Coded the project in Javascript, React, CSS and HTML to create the design of the interactive roadmap that would replace how the company employees create their roadmap (PowerPoint / Excel) used before

    • Saved over hundreds of hours of work per year across the company via the roadmap creator web application

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  • Used NodeJS and ExpressJS to create REST endpoints to support dynamic routes for internal tools

    • Using the Express endpoints, integrated the business unit roadmap database to the front-end

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  • Applied a scaled AGILE framework to manage deliverables and progress in a large team setting

    • Tools such as Bitbucket & JIRA was used

Lead Researcher 

Drexel Space Systems Laboratory
Greater Philadelphia Area, Pennsylvania
June 2018 to September 2019

The Double Hulled Rigid Airship created at the Drexel Space Systems Laboratory was created to support a hanging platform which can be used to test different payload drops. As the lead researcher for this project, my responsibilities included:

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  • Developing a dirigible rigid airship capable of supporting a hanging platform

    • Ascend to an altitude of 250 ft. above the ground

    • Carry & drop two 5 pound payloads

    • Capable of hovering in place, in wind up to 10 mph

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  • Implementing an Autodesk design via programming to simulate air tunnel conditions and determine the static thrust and general motion of the motors implemented in the airship

    • The inventor plugin “Autodesk Flow Design” was used to simulate air tunnel conditions

    • 10 mph headwind was determined to produce about 6 Ibs of drag

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  • Utilizing C/C++ to control the trajectory, maneuvers and 6 channel transmitters and receivers of the airship

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  • Proposing the Navigational Tracking Device component (ESP 8266) to keep an eye on altitude of the airship and emergency tracking system

    • First component used is an Arduino UNO, a microcontroller board that has 14 digital input/output pins (of which 6 can be used as PWM outputs), 6 analog inputs, a 16 MHz ceramic resonator (CSTCE16M0V53-R0), a USB connection, a power jack, and ICSP header and a reset button

    • Second component used is a ESP8266 (Espressif) board, which is a highly integrated wifi module, It features a complete, self-contained WiFi networking solution on a single chip

    • If the airship is lost, ESP8266 device would help to track the Airship on GPS as well as information about the accurate altitude of the Airship . The data will be acquired from the sensor and then transmit through WiFi board ESP8266

AIAA Lunar Lander Competition Team Member

AIAA at Drexel University 
Greater Philadelphia Area, Pennsylvania
October 2018 to April 2019

Positioned in the vicinity of the Moon, the Lunar Lander allows astronauts to demonstrate operations beyond Low Earth Orbit for months at a time. As a team member, my duties included:

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  • Aiding in proposing the crew & cargo design of the Reusable Lunar Surface Access Vehicle (R-LSV), this included:

    • Overall Interior Design

    • Airlocks

    • Crew Command center

    • Laboratory

    • Cargo Holding center

    • 4 Crew member minimum

    • Ability to unload and reload Cargo & be base of Operations

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  • Researching the structural components needed for the project such as landing gear, communications, fuel storage, reliability / integrity test and thermal considerations

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  • Managing the electronics portion of the project and was responsible for researching mission uptime, power draw and energy requirements needed for the project

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