Son Pham
About Son Pham
Son Pham is a Mission Design Engineer at Blue Origin, with a background in aerospace engineering and experience in various space-related projects and roles.
Title
Son Pham currently holds the position of Mission Design Engineer at BLUE ORIGIN. He has been with the company since 2022, based in Kent, Washington, United States.
Company
BLUE ORIGIN is where Son Pham contributes his expertise as a Mission Design Engineer. Since joining the company in 2022, he has focused on designing celestial trajectories for space travel, particularly as part of the Blue Ring Program.
Educational Background
Son Pham earned his Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Aerospace Engineering with minors in Mechanical and Physics from The University of Texas at Arlington, completing his studies between 2016 and 2019. He is also pursuing a Master of Science (MS) in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, having started in 2021 with an expected completion in 2024.
Professional Experience
Son Pham has a diverse professional background, having previously worked at various organizations. His experience includes roles such as Mission Design Engineer at Jacobs (2020-2022) in Huntsville, Alabama, and Flight Dynamics Engineer at Intelsat in Houston, Texas in 2020. Additionally, he served as a Development Engineer at Intuitive Machines from 2019 to 2020. He has also undertaken multiple graduate projects at the University of Colorado Boulder related to Galaxy Morphological Classification, Computer Vision, Data Mining, Space Domain, and Spacecraft Design (HERMES).
Technical Expertise
Son Pham utilizes NASA's Copernicus and POST-II software for celestial navigation and mission design. He also employs JPL's MONTE and SPICE tools for precise space mission trajectory planning. He is proficient in programming languages such as Julia, Python, and C/C++, with additional skills in Tensorflow/Scikit-Learn, JavaScript, and React.