Rick Patton

Senior Systems Engineer

Rick Patton currently serves as a Senior Systems Engineer at Rocket Lab, a position held since August 2025. Prior to this role, Rick was a Project Engineer at Geost, where leadership of a cross-functional team for an EO/IR space payload program was a key focus, alongside expertise in payload data analysis using MATLAB and SQL. Rick also excelled in subsystem integration testing and served as a mission architect for innovative payload variants. Earlier experience includes roles at Alicat Scientific, where significant contributions were made to product development and automated testing, as well as a Sales Engineer position that drove substantial sales growth. Additionally, Rick has coaching experience in baseball at both Vail Unified and Tucson Unified School Districts. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Arizona.

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