Aron Wolf

About Aron Wolf

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1982-presentSenior Staff, Guidance and Control SectionSupervisor, Entry, Descent, Landing Guidance and Control Group, Guidance and Control SectionSupervisor; Entry, Descent, Landing / Aero Applications Group; Guidance, Navigation, and Control SectionSupervisor, Inner Planets Mission Analysis Group; Guidance, Navigation, and Control SectionNavigation team chief, Stardust-NExT mission to comet Tempel 1Principal Investigator, Mars Pinpoint Landing R&D taskSatellite orbital tour trajectory designer, Galileo mission to Jupiter and Cassini mission to SaturnProposal manager, interplanetary mission proposals to the NASA Discovery, New Frontiers, and SMEX programsSpecialties: Space mission design, Entry / Descent / Landing (including precision / pinpoint landing), design of interplanetary and satellite tour trajectories, systems engineering for space missions, space navigation, proposal management, line management

Experience

1. Member of Technical Staff, Principal Engineer

   NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

   Apr 2011 — Present

Education

• University of Michigan

  M.S., Aerospace Engineering

  1979 — 1980

• Brown University

  Sc.B, Aeronautical Engineering

  1973 — 1977

Skills

• Space Systems
• Aerodynamics
• Flight Test
• System Design
• Propulsion
• Requirements Management
• Program Management
• System Architecture
• Proposal Writing
• Earned Value Management
• Systems Engineering
• Avionics
• Systems Design
• Radar
• Proposal Management
• Configuration Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Engineering Management
• Sensors
• Simulink
• Spacecraft
• Simulations
• Aerospace Engineering
• Line Management
• Satellite
• Orbital Mechanics
• Aerospace