// Career Overview
Current Company BLUE ORIGIN
Current Position Launch Engineer II
// Professional History

Experience

Roles spanning launch operations, propulsion research, satellite systems, and data analytics.

Blue Origin
Launch Engineer II – Pneumatics

LC-36 Pneumatics Launch Engineering
Current Feb 2026 – Present
Pneumatic Operations

Control room operator for ground and vehicle pneumatic systems at LC-36. Developed MK1 lunar lander cryogenic & pneumatic loading CONOPS through launch campaign.

MK1 Lunar Lander Pneumatics Cryogenics CONOPS
Jan 2025 – Feb 2026
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Aug 2024 – Dec 2024
NASA
Data and Controls Intern

Owned data acquisition system end-to-end including PCBs, power supplies, pressure transducers, and RTDs. Managed LabVIEW, cRIO, and NI MAX interface for modular testing.

DAQ LabVIEW cRIO TVAC Wiring Diagrams
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Nov 2021 – Dec 2024
Propulsion & Energy Research Lab (PERL)
Undergraduate Researcher

Wrote test procedures for RDE hot fire tests. Owned P&ID components, high-speed cameras, LabVIEW, circuitry, and propellant supply of testing campaign. Calculated operating regimes using MATLAB.

RDE P&ID LabVIEW High-Speed Cameras MATLAB
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Jan 2024 – Jul 2024
LDS Vacuum
Manufacturing Engineering Intern

Tested components using helium leak detection, ensuring leak rates below 1E−9 mbar consistent with high vacuum standards. TIG welded and fabricated stainless steel and aluminum lab components.

TIG Welding Helium Leak Test Manual Mill & Lathe High Vacuum
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Feb 2023 – Jul 2024
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Data Analytics Intern

Parsed granules of 54,000+ data points to identify sea surface temperature anomalies from the SWOT mission. Led analytical efforts on rising coastal temperatures using Jupyter Notebooks.

SWOT Mission Python Jupyter NASA PO.DAAC SST Analysis
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May 2023 – Aug 2023
Boeing
Satellite Testing & Evaluation Intern

Executed 30 test procedures to verify 8 spacecraft subsystems within one week. Provided technical support for 5 spacecraft's STE in an ESD controlled environment.

Spacecraft Testing ESD Anomaly Documentation High Bay
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May 2022 – Aug 2022
Raytheon Intelligence & Space
Systems Engineering Intern

Created self-auditing directory for JPSS CGS employees. Built Jira dashboards and filters to improve team reliability and accountability across the program.

Jira Confluence JPSS CGS Systems Engineering
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Jun 2021 – Aug 2021
National Security Innovation Network
Design Engineering Intern

Used nTopology to reduce material of additively manufactured hardware while maintaining structural integrity. Increased storage of 81mm Mortars in a Light Armored Vehicle by 150%.

nTopology Additive Manufacturing Topology Optimization LAV
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// Selected Work

Projects

Research and engineering projects spanning propulsion, software, and systems design.

Software / GIS

Emergency Insights

Platform enabling future homeowners and property managers to assess potential natural disaster hazards to their property using GIS-powered hazard visualization.

GIS Python Natural Disasters Hazard Assessment
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Mechanical Design

Robotic Arm

Oversaw the complete design, manufacturing, and integration of a multi-degree-of-freedom robotic arm. Involved structural analysis, motor selection, and control system integration.

SolidWorks Manufacturing Controls Structural Analysis
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// Capabilities

Skills

Programming
Python MATLAB C HTML CSS LaTeX
Software
SolidWorks ANSYS LabVIEW Jira Confluence Excel Gantt Teamcenter Overleaf GitHub
Fabrication
ASME Y14.5 GD&T P&ID Metrology Manual Lathe & Mill TIG Welding MIG Welding 3D Printing
// Research Output

Publications

5 peer-reviewed AIAA publications on Rotating Detonation Engine research.

2025
"Additively Manufactured Inconel 718 In Small-Scale Rotating Detonation Rocket Engines"
AIAA SciTech 2025
AIAA SciTech
2025
"Investigation of the Potential Scaling Effects of Rotating Detonation Rocket Engines"
AIAA SciTech 2025
AIAA SciTech
2025
"Comparative Analysis of Exit Geometries in Small-Scale Rotating Detonation Engines"
AIAA SciTech 2025
AIAA SciTech
2024
"Exploring Operability and Design Characteristics of a Small-Scale Methane/Oxygen Jet-in-Crossflow Rotating Detonation Engine"
AIAA Regional Student Conferences 2024
AIAA Region II
2023
"Base Drag Considerations to Determine Equivalent Available Pressure in the Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine"
AIAA Aviation 2023
AIAA Aviation
// Recognition

Awards & Recognition

Scholarships
Bright Futures Medallion Scholarship2020–2023
Lockheed Martin STEM Scholarship2021–2023
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar2021–2023
Hispanic Heritage Scholarship Fund (Boeing & Duke Energy)2021–2023
RAMP Scholar (UCF)2022–2023
Presidio Future Built Scholarship2023
ScholarSHPE (Raytheon Technologies)2022
Phoenix Scholarship (UCF)2022
GMiS Scholarship (Boeing)2022
Diversity Scholar (Boeing & AIAA)2022
Ortlieb Scholarship2021
F-L.E.A.R.N. Scholarship (UCF)2020
Salute to Education Scholarship (Ford)2020
Broward Education Foundation2020
PTSA Steve Schultze Memorial Scholarship2020
Nicole Hobin Memorial Scholarship2020
Academic Presentations
AIAA SciTech 20252025
Student Scholar Symposium2024
AIAA Region II Student Conference2024
AIAA Aviation Conference2023
Florida Fluids Symposium II2023
SHPE National Conference2022
OUR F-L.E.A.R.N. Showcase2021
// Get In Touch

Contact

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