Electrical and Electronics
- Cryo-Tracker® electronics, PCB for commercial, test tank, and flight applications
- Development of high-temperature strain, thermocouples, heat flux, flow, and multifunctional sensors
- Thin film and ceramic sensor development, multifunctional thin film sensor designed and built in-house
(U.S. Patent 5,979,243)
- Developed and implemented the low-gravity guidance system (LGGS 2), which has been installed and used on GRC Lear Jet 25, GRC DC-9, JSC KC-135, and JSC C-9
- Designed, developed, and manufactured specialized instruments for thermal protection systems
- PCB, embedded programming, micro-controllers, flight certified fabrication
- High-temperature optical temperature sensors
- Tools: Auto CAD Electrical, ProTel, Orcad
- Avionics and electronics for Zero G Aircraft
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Laboratory development of thin film sensors and SiC
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Engineer tests thin film sensors in clean room
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Sensor development for spacecraft thermal protection systems
Information Technology, Software, Controls, Data Acquisition (DAQ)
- Manage secure corporate-level network systems that support advanced technology development work for a workforce of more than 30 FTE occupying 18,000 ft. 2 engineering/office space
- Engineering tools – design, modeling, simulation
- Project management, business management
- Knowledge management
- At NASA Ames, Sierra Lobo maintains the thermo-physics branch LAN system
- Develop specialized engineering simulation tools in support of R&D and engineering analysis
- Design, program, and operate high and low speed data acquisition systems in support of R&D and T&E
- Develop and operate process control systems for remote and critical system and hardware operations
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Design and operate DAQ and control for hazardous R&D and T&E
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Design and build state-of-the-art control rooms