Skills necessary
Heat Transfer
Structure Design
Stress Analysis
Liquid Fuel Propulsion Design
Finite Element Analysis
Computer-Aided Design
Computer-Aided Manufacturing
Prototyping
Mass Growth Analysis
Programming
Team Collaboration
Test Planning
Next Generation Interceptor
SUMMARY
Designed Attitude and Control Systems for the Next Generation Interceptor at Aerojet Rocketdyne. Project is still on-going.
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Responsibilities:
Designed and Developed New Propulsion Systems for Thruster Systems
Planned, Designed, and Managed Configurations of Prototype and Production Models, BOMs, and Physical Vehicles
Produced New Engineering Models and Drawings in CREO
Developed Flow Schematics for Use in Testing of Prototype in Microsoft Visio
Collaborated with Testing and Analysis to Determine Proper Pressure Budget and Model Adjustments for Prototype
Collaborated with Project Engineers, Testing, and Vendors to Select and Source Components for Prototype
Performed Thermal, Structural Analyses, and Fluid Analyses for Predicting Component Performance for Thrusters
Designed Iso-Grid structures to Support Lightweight Vehicles
Collaborated with Manufacturing, Testing, Materials and Processes, and Avionics to Assure Hardware Producibility
Create Drawing Release Plans for Details and Assemblies
Developed Indentured Parts Lists for all Configurations on Programs
Used Matlab to Develop Center of Gravity Shift as Fuel is Used