Lauren Potterat
Mission Manager at SpaceX
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolLauren Potterat is an astronautical engineer and software specialist with 8 years of hands-on experience building and operating human-rated spacecraft systems at SpaceX, now leading mission execution as a Mission Manager. She blends a formal background in computer science and AI with deep operational expertise—certified Dragon2 mission control operator and former Space Operations Training Engineer—to design software and algorithms that improve human-machine interfaces for autonomous mission operations. Lauren has led embedded software teams, orchestrated FAA/ITAR-compliant rocket campaigns at USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, and delivered automation tooling that streamlined mission management workflows. Passionate about enabling interplanetary human presence, she pairs rigorous academic training in human factors with a product-minded interest in UI/UX, games, and practical tooling. Notably, she moves fluidly between low-level avionics and high-level mission integration, making her effective at turning complex flight requirements into reliable operational software and training.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Astronautical Engineering (Human Factors), Master's degree, Astronautical Engineering (Human Factors) at University of Southern California
Spanish, English, RussianGithub contributions (4)
succculent/201FinalProject
Nov 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:29 commits, 29 pushes in 23 days
fesachu/fesachu.github.io
May 2021 - Sep 2021
Contributions:3 pushes in 3 months
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