Nicholas Kraus
About Nicholas Kraus
Nicholas Kraus is a Navigation Engineer at BLUE ORIGIN with extensive experience in navigation systems and engineering roles at Honeywell, BAE Systems, and GE Aviation.
Title
Nicholas Kraus holds the title of Navigation Engineer.
Company
Currently, Nicholas Kraus is employed by BLUE ORIGIN as a Navigation Engineer, based in Seattle, Washington, United States. He has been with BLUE ORIGIN since 2020.
Previous Roles
Before joining BLUE ORIGIN, Nicholas Kraus worked at Honeywell as a Research Scientist - Navigation Systems for 11 months from 2019 to 2020 in the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area. Prior to that, he served as a Senior GNC Engineer at BAE Systems for 4 years from 2015 to 2019, also in the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area. From 2012 to 2015, he was employed by GE Aviation as a Design Engineer/Technologist in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Education and Degrees
Nicholas Kraus earned a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, completing his studies from 2010 to 2012. He also holds a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, where he studied from 2007 to 2010.
Expertise and Skills
Nicholas Kraus is proficient in developing flight code and simulation models using C++ and MATLAB, specifically for rocket landing systems. His expertise extends to Systems Engineering, focusing on requirements management and verification & validation processes. Additionally, he is experienced in Software-in-the-Loop (SIL), Processor-in-the-Loop (PIL), and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing methodologies.