Aaron Nguyen
Lead Propulsion Engineer at SpaceX
Hawthorne, California, United States
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Top SchoolAaron Nguyen is a Lead Propulsion Engineer at SpaceX with nine years of hands-on experience accelerating production and test of Merlin engines, thrust chamber assemblies, and heat exchanger systems. He rose through technical roles from propulsion and build reliability to integration and team leadership, earning multiple internal "Kick-Ass" awards for impact. His background blends spacecraft propulsion with robotics research—he published first-author work on soft-robotic grasping at ICRA and developed tensegrity limbs at JPL—bringing a systems-level view to manufacturing challenges. Based in Hawthorne, CA, Aaron combines rapid iteration in high-throughput engine manufacturing with a history of inventing assistive medical devices and leading multidisciplinary teams, reflecting both practical production depth and creative, cross-domain engineering.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Leland High SchoolBachelor of Science (B.S.) Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mechanical Engineering at UC Santa BarbaraGithub contributions (1)
JasonFreeberg/R_Tutorials
Nov 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:19 commits, 17 pushes in 2 months
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