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Sierra Space
Mechanical Design Engineer

DreamChaser Flight Control Actuators

  • Completed verification and validation of requirements

  • Aided test engineers in organizing schematics, designing components, analyzing data, and writing reports

  • Developed test fixtures to verify load requirements

  • Conducted material testing to verify NASA material requirements

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DreamChaser Wing Lock/Deploy Mechanism

  • Completed verification and validation of requirements

  • Aided test engineers in troubleshooting test failures and updating designs and fixtures

  • Helped run tests to support test engineers and keep the project on schedule

  • Wrote structural analyses and verified materials

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Thermal Switch

  • Redesigned thermal switch from legacy design, modifying it to meet the current customer's requirements

  • Worked with the customer to develop and refine their requirements

  • Developed test campaign with test engineers to qualify the mechanism

  • Worked with manufacturing engineers to develop updated work instructions

  • Completed structural, outgassing, radiation, reliability, and stroke analyses for the mechanism

  • Verified and validated requirements and organized program deliverables

  • Preformed project management duties as required to keep the project on schedule

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Other

  • Created initial designs and explained mechanisms and capabilities to customers to win new business

  • Developed mockup to test DreamChaser hatch design and aided with design iterations

  • Was trained on the hydraulic test fixture for the flight control actuators

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