Pradyun Srinidhi

Pradyun Srinidhi is a Build Reliability Engineer at SpaceX, specializing in the Falcon 9 Valves Team since August 2025. Prior to this role, Pradyun held positions as a Hardware Reliability Engineering Intern at Skydio and as a Manufacturing Quality Engineering Intern at Zipline, where significant contributions included developing the Vision Builder Automated Inspection (VBAI) system for detecting manufacturing defects and creating standard operating procedures for CT scanning. Pradyun's earlier experience includes serving as an undergraduate researcher at the Purdue Energetics Research Center, affiliated with Zucrow Labs, the largest academic propulsion research lab globally. Pradyun is currently pursuing a Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering at Purdue University, following a Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering earned from the same institution.