Chriss Sanpakit
About Chriss Sanpakit
Chriss Sanpakit is a Navigation Engineer at BLUE ORIGIN with extensive experience in guidance, navigation, and control systems for space missions.
Title
Chriss Sanpakit serves as a Navigation Engineer at BLUE ORIGIN, a role he has held since 2022.
Company
Before joining BLUE ORIGIN, Chriss Sanpakit worked at The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, California, as a Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer from 2020 to 2022. Prior to that, he was employed at Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, California, as a Dynamics and Controls Engineer from 2018 to 2020.
Background
Chriss Sanpakit has an extensive background in aerospace engineering and has worked with various prestigious organizations. He began his career with internships at NASA Langley Research Center and Los Alamos National Laboratory. He has also collaborated with multiple civil and government agencies such as NASA, DARPA, and DigitalGlobe throughout his career.
Education and Expertise
Chriss Sanpakit holds a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Riverside. His expertise includes mission classifications involving Low Earth Orbit, Geosynchronous, Rendezvous Proximity Operations, and Lunar operations. He has developed algorithms for autonomous rendezvous proximity operations and conducted line-of-sight analysis for space vehicle instruments.
Achievements
Chriss Sanpakit has successfully completed and demonstrated contractual mission requirements at various design reviews. He has also worked on GN&C Flight Software Development, Integration, and Testing, ensuring successful implementation of guidance, navigation, and control algorithms. His experience includes stochastic and deterministic disturbance modeling and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams using modern development styles like Git and Kanban.