Tucker McClure

Tucker McClure has worked in the aerospace engineering and autonomous vehicles industry since 2006. From 2006-2007, they were an Intern in Structures at Space Exploration Technologies. From 2007-2009, they were an Attitude Control Systems and Simulation Engineer at Bigelow Aerospace. From 2009-2011, they were a Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin. From 2011-2013, they were an Application Engineer at The MathWorks. From 2013-2017, they were the Founder of An Uncommon Lab, where they developed a MATLAB toolbox called *kf for designing high-quality Kalman filters and other state estimators. In 2017, they joined Zipline as the Guidance, Navigation, Controls, and Dynamics Team Lead and Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineer, where they developed guidance, navigation, control, and simulation solutions for a fleet of unmanned, fixed-wing aircraft. In 2022, they began working as a Systems Engineer at Muon Space, developing a next-generation simulation engine for model-based engineering to power space mission design and spacecraft development.

Tucker McClure completed a Master of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University in 2007 and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Columbia Engineering in 2006.