Vice President of Research and Development @ (June 2013 - January 2024)
GN and C Lead - Morpheus Vertical Test Bed @ (November 2009 - June 2013)
Strategist (unofficial) @ (January 2005 - June 2013)
Aerospace Engineer @ (September 2000 - June 2013)
Project Orion - Deputy Flight Mechanics System Manager @ (September 2010 - March 2011)
Orion Orbit GN and C System Manager @ (January 2005 - January 2009)
Adjunct Faculty @ (September 2003 - September 2008)
Mars Science Laboratory Navigation Developer @ NASA Johnson Space Center (September 2000 - September 2004)
Assistant Instructor @ University of Texas at Austin (January 1995 - August 2000)
Tim Crain Education
The University of Texas at Austin
PhD (Aerospace Engineering)
1998-2000
The University of Texas at Austin
M.S. (Aerospace Engineering)
1995-1997
The University of Texas at Austin
B.S. (Aerospace Engineering)
1991-1995
Tim Crain Skills
Aerodynamics
Aerospace
Aerospace Engineering
Agile Project Management
Aircraft
Algorithms
Astrodynamics
Automated Processes
Avionics
CFD
Composites
Configuration Management
Defense
DoD
Dynamics
Earned Value Management
Engineering
Engineering Management
Finite Element Analysis
Flight Dynamics
Flight Test
Fluid Dynamics
Fortran
Guidance Navigation & Control
Kalman filtering
Matlab
Navigation
Numerical Analysis
Optimization
Orbital Mechanics
Program Management
Proposal Writing
Propulsion
Requirements Management
Robotics
Satellite
Sensors
Simulations
Simulink
Software Development
Space Systems
Spacecraft
System Design
Systems Design
Systems Engineering
Team Leadership
Technical Communication
Testing
Trade Studies
Microsoft Word
Leadership
SQL
Guidance Navigation and Control
Higher Education
Tim Crain Summary
Tim Crain, based in Seabrook, TX, US, is currently a Chief Technology Officer at Intuitive Machines. Tim Crain brings experience from previous roles at Intuitive Machines and NASA. Tim Crain holds a 1998 - 2000 PhD in Aerospace Engineering @ The University of Texas at Austin. With a robust skill set that includes Aerodynamics, Aerospace, Aerospace Engineering, Agile Project Management, Aircraft and more. Tim Crain has 2 emails and 1 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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