Caelan Reed

Senior Mechanical Engineer at Raytheon Missiles and Defense. Currently the customer facing team lead for the programs only hardware team. Responsibilities include 3D modeling using Creo Parametric, creation of 2D drawings, managing full life-cycle of multiple products (design through qualification and fielding). Previously a Systems Engineer at Raytheon with experience in both requirements definition and verification. Two summer internships at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory involved testing the HP3 Thermal Heat Probe for the InSight Mars Lander. Leadership experience includes serving as Project Manager for undergraduate senior design team tasked with designing, building, and testing a space rated two-axis gimbal to be mounted on the Orion MPCV. MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida in December of 2016 with a GPA of 3.6. Graduate studies focused on dynamics, systems, and control provides an in-depth knowledge of system analysis, identification, and control. BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2014.