Mars 2020 FSW Technical Lead
Current area of focus is supporting the design and development of flight software and avionics systems for spacecraft applications.
Steve has been a member of the JPL technical staff since 1996 working software information systems for joint defense applications. He moved into writing low level software applications for spacecraft avionics around 2005 before joining the MSL Curiosity flight software (FSW) development team in 2006.
Steve became the M2020 Perseverance FSW Technical Lead in 2014 serving additional roles in avionics and flight system systems engineering. He holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, and has spent a majority of his professional career developing software systems.