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Technical lead for liquid/cryogenic distribution subsystem lifecycle: define and control technical, cost, and schedule baselines; manage procurements and suppliers; perform trade studies, design, analysis, verification, and operations; mentor team members and lead cryogenic development efforts to support lunar lander missions.

Lead the spacecraft bus development for a Blue Ring national security mission: manage design, integration, test, and delivery; coordinate multidisciplinary teams, customers, and stakeholders; hold technical signature authority and ensure programmatic, cost, schedule, and technical objectives are met.

Lead and manage a team of flight software engineers for Blue Origin's lunar landers, ensuring safety-critical, high-performance embedded flight software. Coordinate with subsystem stakeholders, NASA, and partners; guide technical decisions, mentor engineers, and report to the Flight Software Integrated Product Lead. Ensure delivery commitments are realistic and aligned with stakeholder needs to support human lunar transportation and sustained operations.

Lead GN&C systems engineering for lunar landers: derive and flow down requirements, manage budgets and performance, perform analyses, simulations and hardware-in-the-loop tests, develop V&V plans, and coordinate with propulsion, structures, dynamics, and vehicle teams to ensure subsystem readiness for lunar operations.

Perform orbit determination using radiometric, Doppler, and GPS data; develop and maintain navigation software; support mission operations and trajectory design across GEO, cislunar, and interplanetary missions; build and validate force and measurement models; document results and contribute in an Agile development environment.

Design, analyze, and test robotic, deployable, and mechanical systems for reentry environments. Perform structural (static, dynamic, thermal) analysis using FEA, create 3D CAD models and drawings, develop test plans, integrate with cross-functional teams, troubleshoot complex mechanical issues, and mentor junior engineers.

Design and develop GN&C flight control laws and flight software for lunar vehicles. Prototype algorithms, perform linear and frequency-domain stability analyses, conduct trade studies, and collaborate with subsystems. Support model-based development, testing (HIL/SIL/Monte Carlo), and requirements/interfaces to ensure safe spacecraft attitude and control performance.

Design, implement, test, and deploy mission operations and ground software for on-orbit vehicles. Collaborate with vehicle, systems, and operations teams to define requirements and architectures, build prototypes, integrate components, run unit and system tests (SIL/HIL), support CI/CD and release processes, produce documentation, and support mission control operations, training, and pre-flight validation.

Lead configuration and CAD management for a reentry system: integrate structural, mechanical, fluids, and avionics subsystems; define interfaces; drive manufacturable designs; manage vehicle CAD models and change control; support requirements, verification planning, and cross-functional configuration reviews to meet program milestones.

Design, implement, test, and deploy navigation and sensor-fusion software for lunar spacecraft. Develop state estimation (Kalman) algorithms, simulation environments, sensor characterization, and support flight operations and integrated on-vehicle testing. Collaborate with GNC, flight software, systems, and operations teams.