Skills

Mostly spacecraft test and mechanical design.

Test & Verification

Test plan development and pass/fail criteria definition for spacecraft qualification
Thermal vacuum, vibration, shock and leak testing
Engineering authority during test execution; live data monitoring against specification
Requirements verification and traceability
Technical writing and controlled documentation

Mission & Systems Engineering

Mission-level engineering on radar satellite constellations, concept through launch
Launch campaign planning: spacecraft flow, GSE manifests, test sequence, range safety, hazmat
Spacecraft mass properties: mass, CG and inertia tracking for launch provider deliverables
Launch vehicle interface definition and coordination with the launch provider
Flight hardware procurement: specification, supplier selection, chairing design reviews

Design & CAD

Siemens NX and SolidWorks
PLM and configuration management in Teamcenter
Interface control drawings; clearance, tolerance and separation envelopes
Design for manufacture and 3D printing
Structural and basic resistance thermal modelling

Manufacturing & Machining

Machining fundamentals: manual lathe, vertical mill and drill press
Engineering drawing interpretation and process planning
CNC machining and precision metal cutting
Soldering, hand assembly and hardware integration

Data & Analysis

Python (Pandas) and SQL for fleet flight test data
Automated detection of performance degradation against defined thresholds
Data acquisition and test data review
Statistical analysis

Software, AI & Electronics

Building real projects with Claude Cowork and other frontier AI tools
Git and GitHub version control; Cloudflare Pages deployment
HTML, CSS and vanilla JavaScript
Arduino, power distribution and voltage regulation design
PID tuning, ArduPilot, BetaFlight and sensor integration

Certifications

Transport Canada Pilot Certificate for Small Remotely Piloted Aircraft (VLOS), Part IX
Introduction to Machining, George Brown College