Tara M Grice

Mountain View, CA

Defense & Space

Space Systems Loral Aug 2009 - Nov 2014
Mass Properties Engineer
Space Systems Loral Aug 2009 - Nov 2014
Orbit Dynamics Engineer
Nasa Ames Research Center Mar 2008 - Aug 2009
Research Assistant
Red Hat Feb 2007 - Nov 2007
Customer Service

San Jose State University 2009 - 2011
Masters, Physics Uc San Diego 2002 - 2006
Bachelors, Bachelor of Science, Astrophysics, Physics

Spacecraft
Space Systems
Aerospace
Aerospace Engineering
Engineering Management
Systems Engineering
Program Management
Matlab
Engineering
Ptc Creo
Orbital Dynamics
Systems Design
Fortran
Finite Element Analysis

Science and Technology

English
French

Mass Properties Process

Aug 2009 to 2000
R&D Engineer
Education Associates

Sep 2008 to Aug 2009
Student Researcher and Assistant
Foothill

Apr 2008 to Apr 2009
Test Engineering Aide
Red Hat, Inc

Mar 2007 to Nov 2007
Customer Service Representative / Credit Department Accounting
University of California
San Diego, CA
Jan 2004 to Jun 2006
Physics Lab Instructor and Teaching Assistant
University of California

Jun 2004 to Aug 2004
Student Researcher and Assistant

San Jose State University
2009 to 2000
Masters in Physics
University of California
San Diego, CA
2002 to 2006
B.S. in Astrophysics

COURSEWORK AND RELEVANT SKILLS: Programs used include Mathematica, Matlab, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Oracle Database, Flexsys, dBMass, Igor Pro, AutoCAD, Pro/Engineer, SolidWorks, Adobe Acrobat, Emacs, Filemaker Programming experience with Fortran, C/C++, Matlab, Mathematica, Igor Pro (Procedures), HTML Lab work in Thermodynamics (studying atmospheric reentry), analog circuitry, material science (growing superconducting thin films) Basic solder and welding experience Proficient in Windows, Mac OSX and Linux operating systems