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Lead mission planning and trajectory design for commercial reentry vehicles, implementing 6-DOF simulations, trajectory optimization, Monte Carlo dispersion analyses, and autonomous navigation algorithms. Collaborate with propulsion, software, and flight operations teams, develop mission operations tooling, support on-orbit/reentry operations, and drive new vehicle capability development.

Perform flight safety and reentry analyses to support FAA Part 450 and range safety licensing. Produce FHAs, FMEAs, fault-tree and debris/casualty modeling, establish real-time safety limits, support mission rehearsals and live recovery operations, and deliver regulatory artifacts and Methods of Compliance for launch and reentry authorizations.

Full-cycle technical recruiter supporting hardware and engineering hires (autonomous systems, propulsion, thermal, mechanical, structures). Source, screen, manage interviews, support offers, and own candidate experience. Maintain ATS records, build pipelines, and partner with hiring managers and coordinators.

Develop and maintain aerodynamic and aeroheating databases across the full flight envelope. Run high-fidelity CFD/DSMC simulations, support wind-tunnel campaigns, produce 6DOF inputs and flight rules, lead post-flight reconstructions, and collaborate with GNC, TPS, structures, and mission teams to deliver flight-ready aeroscience products.

Lead mission safety and reentry compliance as primary architect for flight safety analysis and regulatory strategy for FAA Part 450 and range licensing. Own vehicle-level FHA/FMEA, expected casualty and debris risk models, technical safety limits, mission rules, and regulatory deliverables. Support live mission rehearsals and on-console recovery operations, ensuring verification artifacts, trajectory and dispersion analyses, and safety cases meet regulatory thresholds.

Design, build, test, and lead development of precision electromechanical fluid-handling payloads for in-space pharmaceutical manufacturing. Perform fluid, thermal, structural analyses; prototype and flight hardware testing; develop requirements, verification plans, and recovery procedures; integrate cross-functional inputs and mentor junior engineers.

Lead end-to-end ground fluid systems for Varda spacecraft: design P&IDs and hardware, lead propellant loading campaigns, author procedures and standards, mentor engineers, and serve as technical escalation across build, test, and flight operations.

Serve as technical authority for ground fluid systems: design, build, test, and operate propellant handling infrastructure; lead loading campaigns, write standards and procedures, mentor engineers, and resolve complex propulsion issues across sites.

Lead and grow Varda's propulsion systems team, owning propulsion architecture, P&IDs, mechanical design, subsystem test, and ground and in‑orbit operations. Drive cross‑functional integration, define technical direction, execute major test campaigns, and ensure engineering standards across vehicle lifecycle.

Lead design and development of precision electromechanical fluid-handling hardware for in-space pharmaceutical manufacturing. Define requirements, architecture, standards, lead trade studies, prototype and flight test campaigns, mentor engineers, and coordinate cross-functional inputs through full lifecycle from requirements to recovery.