Duncan Mcgough
Senior Simulation Software Engineer
Redondo Beach, California, United States
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Top SchoolDuncan Mcgough is a Senior Simulation Software Engineer with nine years of experience at the intersection of propulsion, thermal-fluids, and numerical simulation, currently focused on simulation software at Atomic Industries. He combines hands-on propulsion and thermal engineering from multi-role experience at SpaceX and internships at Roccor with a formal Aerospace background (BS and ongoing MS in Fluids & Propulsion from CU Boulder). Comfortable writing production software and running CFD/FEA-backed analyses, he has led propulsion teams in competitive rocketry and designed thermal-vacuum systems for CubeSat hardware. Known for translating complex thermofluid physics into robust simulation tools, he brings both field-tested hardware insight and computational rigor to product development. Quietly ambitious, he pairs academic depth with practical manufacturing and test experience across high-stakes aerospace programs.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Fluids and Propulsion, Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Fluids and Propulsion at University of Colorado Boulder
Github Skills (190)
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Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
duncanam/thesis
Sep 2019 - May 2020
Contributions:146 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
duncanam/JANAF.jl
Feb 2020 - Jan 2022
Contributions:13 commits, 2 pushes in 1 year 10 months
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