Niko Natsoulas

I'm currently at CU Boulder working as a research assistant in Dr. Schaub's AVS Lab. In tandem, I am pursuing my M.S. in Astrodynamics & Satellite Navigation.

I previously worked at Vast, Varda, SpaceX, Blue Origin and NASA doing GNC Engineering internships.

My passion lies in GNC Engineering and I want to continue helping awesome spacecraft fly.

I'm based in Boulder for school and research. Reach out if you want to chat, download my resume here, or check out my other platforms!

Work

Autonomous Vehicle Systems Laboratory Graduate Research Assistantship

Lab that researches spacecraft dynamics, formation flying, attitude control, and astrodynamics/flight simulation software.

I support the Basilisk astrodynamics simulation software development.
VAST GNC Engineering Intern

Creating the first commercial space station and competing for NASA's CLD contract.

Developed a ton of GNC flight algorithms and flight simulation software in C++.
Varda GNC Engineering Intern

Space Drugs and Weapons technology. Space Cartel???

Reentry trajectory analysis, state estimation, Flight Safety Analysis, flight simulation software development, ground station tracking tooling.
SpaceX GNC Engineering Intern

Starlink Collision Avoidance GNC software development.

Developed a cool conjunction screening algorithm, the rest of the work was data visualization.
Blue Origin GNC Engineering Intern

Lunar Mk1 Mission Design for Blue Moon lunar lander.

Calendar Sweep Automation software for Trajectory Optimization/Generation.
NASA GNC Engineering Intern

Attitude Control subsystem design for a massive interplanetary transporter mission design (cough cough Mars).

6-DOF simulation and analysis tool development for RCS thruster sizing and placement.