Aaron Nguyen

Background

About Aaron Nguyen

As a Lead Propulsion Engineer at SpaceX, I lead a team of engineers to accelerate the manufacturing of Merlin engines for the Falcon program. My recent experience includes contributing to the development, integration, and testing of thrust chamber assemblies and heat exchanger assemblies.I hold a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. My engineering background and professional journey highlight my commitment to innovation, creative hardware design, and fast-paced engineering applications, particularly within the aerospace industry.Topics that excite me are robotics, innovative and creative hardware, and fast-paced production in the aerospace and medical fields. I enjoy working on abstract problems and breaking them down into simple first principle ideas and approaches.My most significant engineering accomplishments include- designing & fully manufacturing a functional semi-autonomous assistive walking medical device for a girl with triparetic cerebral palsy @ UCSB LEGtrek- writing a first-author published research paper (ICRA 2020) on soft robotic manipulators @ UCSB Hawkes Lab- designing, manufacturing, and testing multi-limbed tensegrity robots and growing robots (in addition to helping write a NIAC proposal)@ NASA JPL - and most recently - building rocket engines @ SpaceX!