Joshua Fitzgerald
Advanced Mission Design Engineer at Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolJoshua Fitzgerald is an Advanced Mission Design Engineer with nine years of experience blending astrodynamics, mathematics, and software engineering to support human spaceflight missions, currently contributing to Artemis II trajectory design at Johnson Space Center. He holds a PhD in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, where his research on transport-governing phenomena in three-body problems informed low-energy trajectory design using manifold-based phase space theory. Skilled across a broad toolset—from Python, C/C++, and FORTRAN to Unity, Angular, and SQL—he bridges research and production systems and has delivered applied software for both lab and enterprise settings. His background includes mission-focused work at The Aerospace Corporation and practical full-stack and robotics integrations at LabCorp, where he also led intern teams and won an innovation award for Kubernetes–Raspberry Pi work. Comfortable in multidisciplinary teams, he pairs deep theoretical insight with hands-on prototyping in additive manufacturing, CAD, and robotics, and brings a global perspective with beginner Mandarin.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Engineering Mechanics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Engineering Mechanics at Virginia TechBachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics at Greensboro CollegeProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
RossDynamics/CMDS
Jul 2020 - Sep 2023
Context Manager for Dynamical Systems
Contributions:10 releases, 2 PRs, 39 pushes in 3 years 2 months
dynamical-systemsdynamicdynamicalorientdb
knightofkessler/knightofkessler.github.io
Nov 2019 - Nov 2022
My website!
Contributions:2 PRs, 264 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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