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Brian E. Pitchford
Mims,USA
Summary
Over thirty-five years of experience designing, prototyping, constructing, testing, analyzing, and certifying aerospace flight and ground systems in manned and unmanned systems including Spacelab, International Space Station, expendable launch vehicles, and commercial crew efforts. Advanced program work includes asteroid nullification, space-based fuel depots, lunar landers, abort and escape systems, and launch vehicle evolutions. Experienced in requirements management, hazard and safety analyses, and FMEA/FMECA in manned and unmanned space systems. Experienced Program Manager on contracts between aerospace corporations. Member of AIAA and ASTM. Top Secret Clearance (SSBI)
Overview
39
39
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Manager/Sr Sys Engineer/Sr Sys Safety Eng
Special Aerospace Services (SAS)
03.2009 - Current
- Program Manager for Boeing Commercial Crew Control Contract
- Analyst for hazard, safety, reliability, and quality assurance
- Human rated flight and ground systems
- Government and commercial spaceflight efforts
- Technical management of advanced space transportation projects
- Current and planned launch vehicle and space-based systems
- Manned and unmanned
- Advisor
- Payload operations
- Spacecraft integration
- Human rated launch systems
- Launch abort systems, escape systems, and emergency evacuation operations
- Suborbital efforts
- Safety liaison between corporations, NASA, and Range
- Top Secret Clearance (SSBI)
Senior Systems Engineer
3SL Corporation
08.2008 - 03.2009
- Advisor on systems engineering product development
- Development of launch vehicle ground systems for NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS)
Senior Systems Engineer
Analex/Qinetiq Corporation
07.2002 - 07.2008
- Senior Systems Engineer for NASA Launch Services Program
- Technical management of advanced research projects associated with current and planned spacecraft systems
- Member of the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Advisory Team
- Systems Engineer on Orbital Space Plane (OSP) development
- Responsible for requirements generation for launch vehicle and spacecraft interfaces
- Project management of explosion modeling of planned launch vehicles
- Technical expert on abort systems for launch vehicles
- Technical expert on emergency egress systems for flight crews
- Lead Mechanical Engineer for Pegasus and Taurus launch vehicles
- Spacecraft to launch vehicle interfaces
- Payload/spacecraft integration
- Contamination control
- Pneumatic and Propulsion Engineer for Atlas II, III, V and Delta II, III, IV fleets
- Attitude Control System (ACS)
- Reaction Control System (RCS)
- Solid Propulsion
Engineer/ Scientist
The Boeing Company
10.2000 - 07.2002
- NASA Expendable Launch Vehicles Program Office
- Pneumatic and Propulsion Engineer for Atlas II, III, V and Delta II, III, IV fleets
- Reaction Control System (RCS)
- Solid Propulsion
- Lead Mechanical engineer
- Responsible for mechanical and operational design, fabrication, installation, and implementation of NASA-owned ground support equipment (Spacecraft Closeout Shelter, Launch Site Support Trailer) for the Pegasus launch vehicle
Technician
The Boeing Company
08.1988 - 10.2000
- Checkout, assembly, validation, and design of pneumatic, hydraulic, vacuum, cryogenic, mechanical, and electrical systems
- Spacecraft, experiment, and ground systems of Spacelab and International Space Station Programs during the space shuttle program
- Integration of payloads into the space shuttle
- Designed mass spectrometer leak detection system for Spacelab and International Space Station Programs
- Secret clearance
Electronic Technician
American Office Systems Inc.
07.1985 - 07.1988
- Troubleshoot, maintain, and repair electronic microprocessor-based office equipment, including reproduction equipment, optical equipment, and computers
Education
Master of Science - Space Systems
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida01.2006
Bachelor of Science - Engineering Technology
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida01.2000
Associate of Arts - Engineering Preparatory
Brevard Community College
Cocoa, Florida01.1991
Associate of Applied Sciences - Electronic Technology
West Virginia State University
Institute, West Virginia01.1985
Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio01.1982
Skills
- Program Management
- Problem-Solving
- Project Management
- Detail Oriented
- Strategic Planning
- Process Improvement
- Team leadership and direction
- Proposal Writing
Additionalinformation - Professionalorganizations
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- ASTM International
- Member of ASTM Commercial Spaceflight Committee
- Former member of AIAA Space Transportation Technical Committee
- Former member of AIAA Space Architecture Technical Committee
Generalqualifications
- Over thirty years of experience designing, prototyping, constructing, testing, analyzing, and certifying aerospace flight and ground systems in manned and unmanned systems including Spacelab, International Space Station, expendable launch vehicles, and commercial crew efforts
- Advanced program work includes asteroid nullification, space-based fuel depots, lunar landers, abort and escape systems, and launch vehicle evolutions
- Experienced in requirements management, hazard and safety analyses, and FMEA/FMECA in manned and unmanned space systems
- Member of AIAA and ASTM
- Top Secret Clearance (SSBI)
Affiliations
- Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC)
- American Insitute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- ASTM International
Interests
Timeline
Program Manager/Sr Sys Engineer/Sr Sys Safety Eng
Special Aerospace Services (SAS)
03.2009 - Current
Senior Systems Engineer
3SL Corporation
08.2008 - 03.2009
Senior Systems Engineer
Analex/Qinetiq Corporation
07.2002 - 07.2008
Engineer/ Scientist
The Boeing Company
10.2000 - 07.2002
Technician
The Boeing Company
08.1988 - 10.2000
Electronic Technician
American Office Systems Inc.
07.1985 - 07.1988
Bachelor of Science - Engineering Technology
University of Central Florida
Associate of Arts - Engineering Preparatory
Brevard Community College
Associate of Applied Sciences - Electronic Technology
West Virginia State University
Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
The Ohio State University
Master of Science - Space Systems
Florida Institute of Technology
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