Jeff Peters

Jeff Peters is a seasoned aerospace professional, currently serving as Senior Principal Flight Test Engineer and Team Lead at AVIAN since 2016. Prior experience includes working as a Senior Flight Test Engineer at Northrop Grumman, where responsibilities encompassed flight planning and evaluation for the U.S. Navy's X-47B and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye platforms. Jeff's background also includes roles as Spaceflight Safety Assurance Officer at Virgin Galactic, where strategies for safe commercial spaceflight were developed, and as Senior Space Operations Safety Engineer at SAIC, overseeing safety for Space Shuttle missions. Early career experience includes aerospace engineering work at Lockheed Martin, focusing on flight control systems for space shuttle operations. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from Miami University and has furthered education at The American University of Paris.