Jared Blanchard
Trajectory Optimization Analyst
Redondo Beach, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJared Blanchard is a trajectory optimization analyst with nine years of experience applying numerical methods, convex optimization, and Python engineering to mission-critical spaceflight problems. Currently at The Aerospace Corporation he built VIRAL, an internal Python library, and maintains production-grade toolchains and regression-tested packages that support launch and RPO mission design. His PhD work at Stanford advanced invariant-funnel methods and model predictive control to improve landing and transfer trajectories by an order of magnitude in control efficiency, enabling viable mission designs to ocean worlds like Europa and Enceladus. He pairs high-performance C++ and Julia research code with visualization tooling (ParaView plugins) and practical flight-dynamics experience from multiple NASA fellowships, making him fluent across research, software, and operational mission planning. Notably, he has applied differential-algebra Jet Transport techniques and developed a VR pedagogical orbital mechanics tool, reflecting a blend of deep theory and creative outreach.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Aeronautics and Astronautics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University
English, Spanish, German
Github Skills (31)
grav-plugin6
trajectory-optimization6
optimization5
julia5
grav5
jekyll5
vscode4
admin4
php4
discourse4
user-interface3
cms3
markdown3
spidev3
administration3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jared711/ThreeBodyProblem.jl
Apr 2020 - Oct 2022
Contributions:137 commits, 292 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 6 months
openlunar/trajectory
Jan 2020 - Apr 2020
Contributions:28 commits, 27 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
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