Steve Massey

Steve most recently spent 2 years working at Slingshot Aerospace as a Sr. Engineer of Software & Space Systems, building out their team of electrical engineers and developing key technologies, such as an aerial- based non-cooperative RF emission tracker and their deployed real-time AI pipeline. He led the technical team successfully, delivering Slingshot’s 2019 Air Force SBIR Phase I entitled Autonomous Situational Awareness Toolkit, a real-time battlespace awareness system using UAVs and computer vision; this successfully transitioned to Phase II. Steve also spent 5 years working at SpaceX, primarily as a Mission Integration Engineer. This role included acting as the sole Mission Manager on the CONAE SAOCOM 1A mission up through CDR, Mission Manager of the successful ORBCOMM OG2 Flight 2 through launch, and Mission Integration Engineer of four other missions, two through launch. During his time at Saint Louis University he led payload development for their COPPER spacecraft, which launched successfully in 2013. Steve is also a highly sought- after consultant in the field of space systems and advises multiple high-profile clients on their architecture and designs.