Summary
Kevin Sabo is a Specialist Engineer with 11 years' experience applying advanced CFD, turbomachinery, and high-temperature gas dynamics expertise to propulsion systems at Aerojet Rocketdyne after a PhD in hypersonic aerothermodynamics from MIT. He leads hydrodynamic and aerodynamic analyses for turbomachinery, recently added responsibility for mechanical elements, and is recognized internally as a CFD subject-matter expert who understands the numerical algorithms behind commercial solvers. His work spans rocket combustion chambers, rotating detonation engines, valves, and non-equilibrium chemistry, blending deep theoretical knowledge with practical design improvements developed during internships at SpaceX, Pratt & Whitney, and Lockheed Martin. Kevin is pivoting toward management consulting to apply his quantitative problem framing and implementable-solution mindset to business strategy, believing that asking the right questions often outweighs chasing a perfect answer.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology