Chase Puskar
Systems Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChase Puskar is a systems engineer with nine years of experience designing and analyzing flight systems, currently leading Mars ascent phase and surface launch system efforts for the Mars Sample Return campaign at JPL. He combines advanced aerospace training (MS/BS in Aerospace Engineering, astrodynamics certificate) with practical software and simulation skills developed in GNSS interference research and spacecraft verification projects. Chase has driven concept of operations, requirements definition, and dynamic trades for the first planned launch from another planet, and also architects EDL trajectories for conceptual Mars missions. His background spans hands-on avionics and flight software for sounding rockets, a startup-built iOS app, and leadership of a portable space situational awareness project—demonstrating both systems-level rigor and product-minded execution. Active in his Los Angeles community as a neighborhood council representative and transportation committee treasurer, he brings stakeholder engagement and operational discipline to complex, multidisciplinary programs.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Master of Science - MS, Aerospace Engineering Sciences at University of Colorado Boulder
Github Skills (7)
hidden9
paddle4
sketchup2
sketch2
python2
xilinx2
pyqt1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ChaseStewart/Plant-Protector-ECEN5013-Project2
Nov 2017 - Nov 2024
Contributions:1 release, 5 PRs, 15 pushes in 7 years 1 month
backendtiva
HiddenLayerDesign/MuseumOfBoulderMusic
Aug 2021 - Jun 2023
Repository to hold work for Museum of Boulder musical machine
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 27 pushes in 1 year 10 months
midibouldermusicmusicalmuseum
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