Vivek Nagabhushan
About Vivek Nagabhushan
Vivek Nagabhushan is the Guidance Navigation and Control System Lead for the Human Landing System at BLUE ORIGIN and a part-time lecturer at the University of Washington. He holds a PhD in Astronautics and has extensive experience in aerospace and defense systems.
Company
Currently working at BLUE ORIGIN as Guidance Navigation and Control System Lead, Human Landing System. He also holds the position of Director of Flight Sciences for Advanced Development Programs at BLUE ORIGIN since 2020. Previously, he served as the Blue Moon Guidance, Navigation, and Control Lead from 2018 to 2020 at the same company.
Title
Guidance Navigation And Control System Lead, Human Landing System at BLUE ORIGIN. Additionally, Director of Flight Sciences, Advanced Development Programs at BLUE ORIGIN.
Education and Expertise
Studied at the University of Florida, achieving a PhD in Astronautics from 2009 to 2013, and an M.S in Aerospace from 2007 to 2009. Prior to that, he earned a Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Mechanical Engineering from B.M.S. College of Engineering from 1999 to 2003.
Background
His professional journey includes roles at Spaceflight Industries as Technical Lead and Manager, Dynamics and Control Engineering from 2015 to 2018, and as Technical Project Lead at Millennium Engineering and Integration / NASA Ames Research Center from 2014 to 2015. Additionally, he has worked as a Project Engineer at Honeybee Robotics from 2011 to 2012, and as a Senior Project Engineer at Altair Engineering in 2007 in Bangalore, India.
Achievements
Contributed to the development of the Human Landing System at BLUE ORIGIN, focusing on guidance, navigation, and control systems. Holds six first-inventor patents in the field of aerospace and defense systems, and authored over fifteen technical publications related to aerospace and defense technologies. Has sixteen years of experience in developing mechanical systems and technologies for aerospace and defense.