Career

This page documents my professional career with very brief bullet points of my accomplishments.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems || 2025 – Present

Field mechanical engineer II for SPARC Assembly.

Field engineer for SPARC Station 3 assembly. Responsibilities include installation of diagnostic systems and plasma facing components within the Tokamak’s vacuum vessel.
Develop tooling and processes to perform a variety of tasks from welding and grinding to metrology and quality control.
Develop software tools to record, document, and highlight progress.

Senior PCB Design Engineer for Starlink Program.

Lead Designer for Starlink Design projects including: Satellite Phased Array Antennas, Flight Computer, Ground Station Systems, User Terminal Phased Array, Satellite Power, Satellite Attitude and Control, and Satellite Laser Communications.
Responsibilities included managing teams of 2-6 people as well as coordinating efforts across all disciplines (mechanical, thermal, power, electrical, silicon, software, integration)
Developed automation scripts to improve team efficiency. Hours to minutes improvement.
Utilized simulation software to validate designs before releasing projects for manufacturing.

Research Technician I

Assisted in development of Boston University’s cube-satellite program.
Designed, Developed, and Tested solar power systems, thermal systems, and instrumentation.
CuPID (Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector). Joint project with Johns Hopkins APL, Drexel, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
ANDESITE – University Nanosatellite Project for multi-point magnetosphere measurements. Developed with grants provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory