Franz Busse
Solve System Problems
- Role
- Director of Engineering at Vector
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Franz Busse
Seeking to develop and deploy technology solutions for mission-critical, life-saving applications by understanding system-level behaviors and architecting system-level solutions. Ph.D. in aerospace engineering (MIT, Stanford), 14 years at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, then CTO at Hala Systems, then MiiM.ai. Currently Director of Engineering at Vector. Adjunct professor. Consulting. Member of Utah Spaceport Exploration Committee. Key skills: system analysis and modeling; system design and architecture; innovating solutions; public speaking; guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) systems; computer vision; project execution; leadership; teaching. Domain areas: complex systems, system dynamics modeling, humanitarian/emergency response, space systems (satellites and missiles), UAVs, alternative energy (wind and solar), missile defense, border protection, GNC, computer vision, strategy, working with US government/military.
Experience
Director of Engineering
Feb 2026 — Present · Salt Lake City, UT, US
Building the best in class drones, designed for scalability and reliability. Building a world class engineering team to innovate and deploy technology that saves lives and defends democracy, freedom, and prosperity.
Education
Stanford University
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering
1996 — 2003
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS, Aerospace Engineering
1989 — 1995
Skills
- Analysis
- Alternative Energy
- Homeland Security
- Sensors
- Systems Analysis
- Missile Defense
- Unmanned Air Vehicles
- Developing Advanced Technology
- Managing Technical Personnel
- Security Clearance
- Military
- Billing Systems
- Aerospace
- Public Speaking
- Defense
- Systems Engineering
- Research
- System Architecture
- Earned Value Management
- Program Management
- System Design
- Optics
- Satellite
- Leadership
- Management
- Simulations
- Technical Writing
- Proposal Writing
- Editing
- Engineering
- Dod
- Systems Design
- Requirements Management
- Signal Processing
- Integration
- Configuration Management
- Published Author
- Engineering Management
- Testing
- Government Contracting
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