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Brian Childs Location
Altadena, CA, US
Brian Childs Work
Project Manager @ (July 2026 - Present)
Chief Engineer @ (November 2025 - Present)
Company Owner @ DSTRKT Real Estate and Investments, Inc. (February 2021 - Present)
Co-Owner @ Pasadena Elite Basketball Academy (February 2016 - Present)
President @ Fortis Consulting, Inc (February 2016 - Present)
Senior Project Staff Engineer @ (December 2025 - September 2026)
Opto-Mechanical Engineering Manager @ (January 2025 - August 2025)
Deputy Mechanical Systems Engineer - Habital Worlds Observatory @ (March 2024 - January 2025)
Chief Engineer and Engineering Tech Authority for NASA and JPL, Mars Sample Return CCRS @ (April 2021 - March 2024)
Chief Mechanical Engineer - DoD Special Programs @ (April 2013 - November 2023)
Mechanical Systems Engineer - Advanced Mirror Development Program @ (January 2011 - April 2013)
Lead Engineer - Structures, Loads and Dynamics @ (November 2004 - January 2011)
Engineering Specialist @ (November 2000 - November 2004)
Senior Engineer - Dynamics @ (November 1999 - November 2000)
Brian Childs Education
Northwestern University
Masters (Theoretical and Applied Mechanics)
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
BS (Mechanical Engineering)
Brian Childs Skills
Abaqus
Aerodynamics
Aerospace
Aerospace Engineering
Analysis
Budget Management
CAD
Community Organizing
Composite Structures
Composites
Defining Requirements
Dynamics
Engineering
Engineering Management
Finite Element Analysis
Integrated Design
Labview
MSC.Patran
Marketing
MathCAD
Matlab
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Systems
Mentoring Of Staff
Nastran
New Business Development
Opto-mechanical
Patran
People Development
Planning Budgeting & Forecasting
Pro/Engineer
Product Development
Program Management
Project Engineering
Project Management
Research and Development (R&D)
SSBI
Satellite
Satellite Systems Engineering
Simulation
Simulations
Simulink
Solidworks
Space Systems
Spacecraft
Stress Analysis
Structural Analysis
Structural Dynamics
Structural Engineering
System Design
Systems Engineering
Team Leadership
Technical Leadership
Telescope
Testing
Thermal
Thermal Analysis
Trade Studies
Unigraphics
Brian Childs Summary
Brian Childs, based in Altadena, CA, US, is currently a Project Manager at Sophia Space. Brian Childs brings experience from previous roles at Sophia Space, DSTRKT Real Estate and Investments, Inc., Pasadena Elite Basketball Academy and Fortis Consulting, Inc. Brian Childs holds a Masters in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics @ Northwestern University. With a robust skill set that includes Abaqus, Aerodynamics, Aerospace, Aerospace Engineering, Analysis and more. Brian Childs has 2 emails and 1 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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