Summary
Ryan Blay is an aerospace engineer with 10 years of experience building mission-focused software for space domain awareness and guidance, navigation, and control. Currently at Scout Space, he develops software supporting SDA solutions and previously implemented centimeter-level dual-frequency PPP Kalman filters and refurbished ionospheric ray-tracing tools at Orion Space Solutions. He combines strong programming chops across C/C++, Fortran, Python, MATLAB, and GUI work (Qt5) with hands-on GNC testing experience including cubesat ADCS verification. A University of Colorado Boulder MS/BS graduate, he was named one of Aviation Week's 2019 "20 Twenties Technology Leaders to Watch." Ryan is passionate about modernizing space software and advanced state estimation, and he’s driven by a long-term goal of contributing to human space colonization efforts such as Mars missions. An under-the-radar strength is his ability to turn legacy scientific code into user-friendly, production-ready tools that enable operational analyses.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Master of Science - MS Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Jefferson Academy High School
English, Italian