Keith Jackson

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About Keith Jackson

Along with a BS in Aerospace Engineering, MS in Mechanical Engineering, and minors in both Mathematics and Business, I now have 10+ years of experience across the aerospace industry, and I’m looking to further this experience. My interests are in all aspects of engineering, especially those involving the space sector. I’m accustomed to working with all levels of management, and with military and NASA customers on a daily basis. Systems engineering, aircraft avionics, GPS Navigation, orbital mechanics, and spacecraft operations are a large portion of my experience, and I’m always looking to expand my skill set through new projects, formal education, and training courses. I have completed projects in the design of spacecraft, aircraft, and surface vehicles. I enjoy writing and presenting on engineering, science, and math topics. My professional experience includes US Army and Coast Guard rotary wing programs (helicopters), high speed missile trajectory analysis, GPS signal analysis, and a ton of orbital mechanics. My academic projects include spacecraft mission design, guidance, navigation, and control design, as well as spaceborne optics. SYSTEM ENGINEERING - requirements capturing, tracking for military avionics platforms - meet with military customers to define requirements - present and demonstrate avionics solutions to military customers - flight test, ramp test, and lab test to verify and validate requirements and design HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE EXPERIENCE - determine look and feel of avionics during technical interchange meetings with pilots and crew - discuss possible solutions with military pilot customers to reduce pilot and crew workload - demonstrate proposed avionics solution to ensure pilot satisfaction TEST ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE - Monte Carlo simulations - simulation and test design - tracking space borne targets - GPS receiver testing (air borne and surface navigation)- encrypted and non-encrypted GPS signal analysis - case studies dealing with orbital parameters of spacecraft - test station building, maintenance, and troubleshooting - script development for a simulation and test environment WRITING, TECHNICAL WRITING, AND PRESENTING - rule and regulation development for engineering competitions - enforced, presented and explained competition regulations - presented design ideas and test results - freelance Writing - developed and writing questions / solutions for ACT test - wrote brief, but detailed lessons for math / science - created charts, graphs, & figures used during lessons