Scott Hill

Scott Hill is the Senior Technical Advisor for Projects in the Engineering Directorate at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia.

Mr. Hill’s prior NASA experience was as the Branch Head of the Structural and Thermal Systems Branch in Langley Research Center’s Engineering Directorate until 2012 and as a Senior Design Engineer for Marshall Space Flight Center from 1989 until 1998.  From 2012 through 2020, he worked in private industry at Gulfstream Aerospace in both Structures and Project leadership roles to help certify the company’s two most recent aircraft, the G500 and G600.

During his previous tenure at Langley Research Center, Mr. Hill has provided leadership for a diverse set of flight projects.  In a technical management role, he was contributor to the LaRC-managed CALIPSO project during the Phase C/D and Phase E portions of project development.  In a leadership role, he has chaired the Tiger Team for the Ares I-X Upper Stage Structural Margin Assessment; the Red Team for the Mars Science Laboratory Entry Descent and Landing Instrumentation (MEDLI) Sub-System Electronics Qualification Test Failure; and was Co-lead of the Constellation Program Level II Systems Engineering & Integration Integrated Loads, Structures, & Mechanisms Systems Integration Group.  Just prior to leaving Langley Research Center in 2012, he served as the Chair of the NASA Office of Chief Technologist Space and Technology Roadmap Team for Thermal Management Systems which has developed the twenty-year plan for thermal management technology development for the Agency. ​​​​​​​

Scott Hill is a graduate of Mississippi State University and The George Washington University where he received Bachelors and Masters of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering, respectively.