VSS Unity - Mechanical Systems

VSS Unity is a rocket-powered spaceship that is designed to fly space tourists to the edge of space. For the last two years, I have worked on her mechanical systems. Essentially, every component on the ship that moves and is not the rocket motor I have been involved with: Flight controls, the feather, environmental controls, and landing gear. Due to the size of Virgin Galactic, I have ultimately worn many hats working for the mechanical systems engineering team

My work has ranged from:

• Hardware Modification Design.

• Requirement Verification.

• Material Review Board engineer for all mechanical systems.

• Full-scale system analysis.

• Mission support and commit criteria definition.

• Test Planning and write-ups.

• Modification work write-ups.

• Stress analysis.

• CAD Modeling and drawing.

• Working with suppliers and procurement.

• Redesign of components to meet new requirements without compromising program schedule.