Jonathan Sobol

Jonathan Sobol is an experienced engineer in the space industry. In 2012, they were the Assistant Project Manager and Lead ADCS Engineer for the University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado Space Grant Consortium. Jonathan's role included designing, building and testing a two-axis attitude determination and control system for a high altitude balloon satellite. In 2014, they were a Satellite Calibration Technician at DigitalGlobe, where they coordinated the deployment of calibration equipment, including a Shadowband Radiometer and Weather Station. In 2015, they were an Aerospace Engineering Intern at UASUSA, where they designed and developed a smart battery monitoring system and analyzed and predicted flight performance and characteristics of Tempest UAV. From 2016 to 2018, they were a Systems Engineer I at Meggitt Safety Systems, an Analysis/System Engineer II at Aerojet Rocketdyne, and a System Engineer III at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Most recently, in 2021, they became a Senior Systems Engineer at Universal Hydrogen. In 2022, they will be a Space Mission Design Engineer at SpinLaunch, where they will be responsible for space mission design for satellites/spacecraft, orbital mechanics and trajectory planning, modeling and simulation of satellite orbits, trajectory optimization and swath coverage optimization, and solving applied physics and math problems.

Jonathan Sobol attended Agoura High School from 2003 to 2007, where they earned their High School Diploma. Jonathan then attended the University of Colorado Boulder from 2012 to 2016, where they earned a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering Sciences. Currently, Jonathan is attending the University of Southern California, where they are pursuing a Master of Science in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, expected to graduate in 2023.