Sai Chikine
Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer at Rocket Lab
Lafayette, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSai Chikine is a Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer with a decade of experience in multi-body astrodynamics, trajectory optimization, mission design, guidance, navigation and control, and orbit determination. Based in Lafayette, Colorado, he combines industry experience at Rocket Lab and Advanced Space with academic research toward a PhD in Astrodynamics and Satellite Navigation from CU Boulder. Sai has a strong track record implementing robust navigation and optimization solutions, from improving STK Astrogator state propagation in C++ to leading trajectory design and navigation on real missions. He pairs deep technical rigor with teaching and mentoring experience—from university course assistance to hands-on STEM outreach—and a knack for translating complex dynamics into practical mission tools. Notably, his background spans both software development and hands-on experimental labs, giving him uncommon fluency across simulation, code, and hardware integration.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtHigh School Diploma Telecommunications and Computer Science, High School Diploma Telecommunications and Computer Science at Bergen County AcademiesDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Astrodynamics and Satellite Navigation, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Astrodynamics and Satellite Navigation at University of Colorado Boulder
TeluguProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
saichikine/ddp_se_halo
Apr 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:32 commits, 3 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
saspau/saspau.github.io
Oct 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:1 push in 1 year 10 months
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