Teams at Relative Dynamics Inc.

Provides spacecraft contamination control expertise across design, manufacturing, integration, testing, transportation, and operations. Manages contamination sensitivity assessments, budgets, mitigation strategies, molecular and particulate transport analysis, requirements verification, cleanroom and materials risk evaluation, testing, anomaly investigations, and corrective actions. Collaborates across engineering disciplines, supports NASA and spacecraft development partners, conducts technical reviews, and provides independent risk assessments, recommendations, and mentoring.

Leads mission operations planning for NASA satellite missions, including activation and calibration sequences, contingency procedures, ground testing, mission rehearsals, operations concepts, staffing and facility planning, spacecraft-to-ground data flows, and science data traceability. Coordinates instrument, spacecraft, flight operations, science, and IT security teams while driving working group decisions and action items to completion.

Remote Network Engineer supporting NOAA LEO Ground Sustainment Services. Manage network infrastructure, perform cybersecurity hardening (STIG/SCA/POA&M), run vulnerability scanning (Nessus/Tenable), automate and orchestrate with Ansible/Terraform, and brief senior stakeholders on remediation and risk.