Elise Koock
Seabrook,TX
Summary
Aerospace Systems Engineer with 4+ years of experience supporting commercial human programs across requirements development, verification and validation, systems integration, and real-time operations support. Proven experience leading engineering projects and flight operations teams, including collaboration with international partners and NASA-affiliated organizations to support system design, testing, and operational execution.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Mission Integrations and Operations Engineer – Senior
Axiom Space
Houston, TX
01.2024 - Current
- Established a matrixed integration framework connecting engineering and flight operations programs, aligning design and operational needs across programs
- Directed cross-functional Tiger Teams to resolve high-risk technical and programmatic issues, reducing rework across engineering teams.
- Managed project execution for medical hardware on ISS commercial missions, supporting design, build, certification, and on-orbit operations
- Served as the lead medical flight controller, staffing mission control console, training and certifying flight controllers, and supporting private astronaut crew training
- Led after-action review activities for Ax-3 and Ax-4 missions, delivering operational lessons learned to NASA and stakeholder agencies
- Coordinated mission operations with NASA, SpaceX, HUNOR, and ESA stakeholders, ensuring compliance with crew preference and mission objectives.
- Supported Axiom crew for ISS real-time medical and payload operations in collaboration with NASA and ESA biomedical engineering teams for nominal timeline execution and hardware issue resolution
Founder & Director
Elarion Enterprises LLC
Contracted Director For Greg Chamitoff's SimDynamX
01.2017 - Current
- Managed multiple STEM education programs across local and international stakeholders, coordinating concurrent outreach and teaching initiatives
- Created technical instruction and training programs for thousands of students, including college-level, covering engineering fundamentals and mission design.
- Serve as lead author for ongoing research study (“Space Teams Labs”) supported through NASA’s Texas Space Grant Consortium, evaluating STEM program effectiveness for greater impacts on early education
Verification & Validation SME / Team Lead
Axiom Space
07.2022 - 01.2024
- Led team of 7 systems engineers responsible for verification and validation planning activities across all subsystems for Axiom Station
- Acted as the approver for systems engineering and crew health related deliverables for all station and subsystem level design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR)
- Authored organizational Verification & Validation (V&V) process documentation, standardizing requirements traceability and verification planning across the station program
- Maintained oversight of 800+ system requirements and corresponding verification planning across multiple integrated systems, ensuring compliance with NASA contractual requirements
- Designed and built developmental test rigs for ECLSS and Payloads hardware in support of performance evaluation
Education
Master of Engineering - Systems Engineering
Texas A&M University
01-2022
Bachelor of Science - Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University
01-2020
Skills
- Systems Engineering: Requirements management, V&V planning, SRR/PDR/CDR processes, hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) testing, human-in-the-loop testing
- Engineering Analysis and Design: MATLAB, Python, Solidworks, Blender, Unreal Engine, FEA, Orbital Mechanics, Thermal Analysis, Human Factors
- Spaceflight Operations: Mission planning and execution, flight controller and crew training, mission simulations development and real-time operational troubleshooting
- Program/Project Management: Multi-team coordination and extensive training programs, process development, milestone tracking, and integration planning
Timeline
Mission Integrations and Operations Engineer – Senior
Axiom Space
01.2024 - Current
Verification & Validation SME / Team Lead
Axiom Space
07.2022 - 01.2024
Founder & Director
Elarion Enterprises LLC
01.2017 - Current
Master of Engineering - Systems Engineering
Texas A&M University
Bachelor of Science - Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University