Sam Gagnard
Director, Mission Operations
Morrison, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Gagnard is a mission-focused aerospace engineer and software leader with 11 years of experience designing, integrating, and operating spacecraft systems—rising from graduate student spacecraft operations to Director of Mission Operations at Tomorrow.io. He blends hands-on systems engineering, payload operations, and software/front-end development to deliver end-to-end flight and ground solutions for CubeSats and larger missions. Sam has led cross-functional teams at Orbit Logic and Raytheon, driving integration, test, and operational readiness while also running an independent front-end contracting practice. Based in Morrison, Colorado, he’s particularly interested in building tools and automation that streamline mission ops and bridge the gap between flight hardware and operational software. An uncommon strength is his equal fluency in both spacecraft systems engineering and product-oriented software development, which helps translate complex technical requirements into operationally reliable systems.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Physics, Philosophy, Bachelor's Degree, Physics, Philosophy at Knox CollegeMS, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, MS, Aerospace Engineering Sciences at University of Colorado Boulder
English
Github Skills (3)
system-analysis8
attitude8
simulation7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
AeroNexus/42
Jul 2021 - Sep 2022
Simulation for spacecraft attitude control system analysis and design
Contributions:17 commits, 5 PRs, 12 pushes in 1 year 2 months
system-analysissimulationcontrol-systemattitudespacecraft
samgagnard/dotfiles
Jun 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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