Mechanical Engineer

Outlier AI

01/2025 - Present

• Performed radiation model verification for automatically generated GDML spacecraft models, comparing them with independently constructed reference models and assessing geometry, material, and interface definitions using GRAS.

• Investigated GDML geometry, interface, and boundary errors that caused failures and discrepancies in GRAS radiation simulations and conducted radiation analyses for TID, TNID, LET, and particle fluence, comparing AI-generated and reference models to identify differences and verify simulation results.

• - Corrected GDML models and validated the changes through repeat radiation analyses, delivering verified models and technical findings to senior engineers for engineering quality assessment. 

Mechanical Engineer

Outlier AI

01/2025 - Present

• Increasing the real-world reasoning of generative AI models in aerospace, mechanical engineering, and space domains for clients at Scale AI through Projects Pegasus, Starmie, and Genesis.

• Evaluated aerospace CAD models and FEA results generated through automated design workflows, using SolidWorks and Siemens NX to verify structural performance against engineering drawings and reference simulations. 

• Investigated discrepancies in topology and structural optimization results across spacecraft and aerospace components, identifying geometry, loading, and modelling issues and documenting required corrections for senior engineering review. 

• Verified progressively more complex designs across three engineering projects, Pegasus, Starmie, and Genesis, including spacecraft mechanisms and structural components, and produced technical assessments used to refine automated CAD and FEA workflows.

• Documented technical findings and delivered corrected models and analysis results for engineering quality assessment. 

Mechanical Engineer

ERETS Space

05/2024 - 12/2024

• Led the structural design and system-to-subsystem requirements tracking for the primary and secondary structures of the ERETS-C 1.5U CubeSat mission, producing engineering drawings, conducting tolerance stack-up analysis, and defining mechanical interfaces for subsystem integration.

• Addressed competing requirements for structural strength, stiffness, mass, radiation protection, cost, and manufacturability by iterating the primary and secondary structure design and configuring sensitive subsystems within the spacecraft based on structural and radiation constraints.

• Performed hand calculations and finite element analysis for static, modal, random vibration, sine, shock, and quasi-static load cases, including structural sizing, stiffness optimisation, and load path analysis using Siemens NX and NX Nastran. Conducted material and manufacturing trade studies with vendor inputs to define practical DFM and DFMA solutions.

• Replaced Al 7075 with aluminium 6082 and redesigned structural parts for 3-axis vertical milling using standard ISO features and fasteners, reducing projected procurement cost by 18 percent while maintaining spacecraft structural and integration requirements. Supported the ERETS-D solar panel deployment mechanism through engineering drawing review, structural sizing, and mechanical design optimisation.