Gordy Cucullu

Assistant Product Delivery Manger, Sample Return Lander Thermal Subsystem 10 2022- Current @NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Pasadena, CA, US

Previous work: • Technical Group Supervisor for the Thermal Fluid Systems & Hardware Group [10/2021 - 5/2023]• Technical Group Supervisor for the Thermal Fluid Systems & Mission Operations Group [1/2016 - 10/2021]• Team lead, thermal operations for the Curiosity Rover.[12/2012 - 8/2015]• Thermal hardware consultant, Mars 2020 Rover• Process Improvement and tool developmentMars 2020 Rover: plan logistics and consult the thermal hardware process for the design-to-print re-build of the Curiosity rover and spacecraft [11/2013 - 12/2015].Mars Science Laboratory Thermal Hardware Engineer [1/2006- 12/2011], Operations [12/2012-current]. Stream-lined processes and led development of web-based telemetry tool.Managing multiple software tool development efforts to improve both operations and the system design process.Soil Moisture Active Passive Satellite: thermal hardware development, including design and test of a composite heat spreader [10/2011 - current].Jason-3 Calibration Target heater control system [8/2011-8/2012].Orbiting Carbon Observatory I & II satellites, Heliostat and Mechanical Ground Support Equipment design [11/2005-10/2006].SPIN testing & software research [20••••05]Team-X Guidance Navigation & Control chair [20••••05]Autonomous Rendezvous Technology 2001 Lander & Mars Sample Return Spacecraft Advanced Program Spacecraft Proposals Limb Sounder Spacecraft Mechanical Assembly Test & Launch Operations [19••••97]

University of Southern California

MS, Astronautical Engineering

University of New Orleans

BSME, Mechanical Engineering / minor in Applied Mathematics

Biola University

MA, Christian Apologetics