Rob Parker

Contact: robert.g.parker@nasa.gov

He joined GCD from the Mechanical Systems Branch at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with experience in engineering design, hardware development, systems engineering, vehicle integration, testing, and hardware certification of flight hardware and ground support hardware. 

Rob has served in multiple roles supporting research and flight development activities including lead engineer for the Tropospheric Trace Species Sensing Fabry-Perot Interferometer project, Mechanical Airworthiness Engineer in the Flight System Safety Office, Technical Manager of the Synthetic Thinned Aperture Radar project, Technical Lead for the Orion Exploration Flight Test 1 Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Stage Adaptor Mass Volume Isolator, and Chief Engineer for the Flight Test Articles project supporting the Orion Abort Flight Tests including Pad Abort 1 and Ascent Abort 2. 

Rob has an associate’s degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology (1991), an associate’s degree in Engineering (1995) from Thomas Nelson Community College, and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (1997). He is also a graduate of Langley’s apprentice school (1995).  Rob began his career at Langley in 1990 in the Operations Support Division and transferred to the Engineering Directorate in 1993.