Joe W.

Experience

• Propulsion Engineer SpaceX · Full-time Feb 2023 – Apr 2024 1 yrs 2 mos Hawthorne, CA, United States - Responsible engineer for Starlink V2 Mini satellite deploy mechanism and pneumatic system, ensuring a reliable four-day launch rate while consistently pursuing mass reduction and performance optimization
  - Responsible engineer for Falcon Heavy aft booster separation system, overseeing multiple production and reliability efforts and serving as primary engineering POC for flight critical booster mate operations on four campaigns
• Propulsion Engineer Intern SpaceX · Internship Jun 2022 – Aug 2022 2 mos Hawthorne, CA, United States - Owned the testing and analysis for updated system operation, successfully showing that fairing separation pushers could be reliably used in the novel Long Fairing application.
  - Developed a retrofittable solution to a substantial personnel safety and hardware recovery risk that was retrofitted onto the entire fleet to immediately eliminate the risk
• Propulsion Engineer Intern SpaceX · Internship Jan 2022 – Jun 2022 5 mos Hawthorne, CA, United States Directly responsible for all phases of design, production, and integration of the 250mm Starship Butterfly Valve, successfully redesigning the valve for more demanding flight environments and optimizing the build and test process to meet the high rate requirement.
• Mechanical Engineer Co-Op Flex · Internship Jan 2021 – Jun 2021 5 mos Boston, MA, United States - Worked in a cross-disciplinary team to develop and validate a new manufacturing process to enable the use of thermally activated adhesive textiles in consumer electronic applications
  - Developed a new way to connect a mechanical sensor package to conductive textiles to enable more complex sensor selection and usage in wearable technologies
• Project Engineer Co-Op Pratt and Whitney · Internship Jan 2020 – Jun 2020 5 mos Hartford, CT, United States Worked with a cross-disciplinary team of engineers and various air forces around the world to identify and resolve issues throughout all phases of production and maintenance for the F100 and TF-33 engines.