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Morgenstern Engineering LLC provides expert aerospace consulting services, specializing in mission systems engineering, chief engineer oversight, and guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) for space exploration and satellite missions.
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Wendy M. MorgensternFounder & Senior Systems Engineer
Providing comprehensive technical leadership across the entire mission lifecycle, from initial spacecraft concept and architecture trades to integration, testing, launch, and on-orbit operations.
Leading multi-disciplinary teams through complex design reviews, environmental testing campaigns, launch site rehearsals, and complex commissioning phases.
Evaluating technical risks, managing budgets, identifying systemic program risks, and balancing resources with rigorous engineering standards.
Expert engineering oversight for spacecraft attitude determination, propulsion systems, flight dynamics, orbit maneuver planning, and fine pointing verification.
Designing closed-loop attitude controllers, validating flight software lifecycles, and managing advanced jitter testing and mitigation strategies.
Leading independent technical assessments, root-cause failure investigations, and Standing Review Boards for highly complex space flight hardware.
Supporting aerospace organizations and commercial space partners with workforce development, senior technical mentoring, and specialized communication strategies.
Coaching early-career systems engineers, conducting specialized workshops, and providing constructive feedback to empower technical teams.
Translating between disparate engineering disciplines and communication styles to resolve interpersonal conflicts and build team alignment.
Space · Aerospace
Space · 2019 · Client: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Directed over 40 systems engineers and 400 engineering personnel for a flagship $2 billion robotic servicing and in-space manufacturing demonstration mission, managing development through assembly, integration, and flight operations.
Space · 2010 · Client: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Led guidance, navigation, and control systems engineering through build, test, launch, and commissioning for a landmark four-observatory constellation mission.
Space · 2008 · Client: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Spearheaded orbital maneuver strategy, mechanism jitter characterization, and system-wide verification to deliver sub-arcsecond science pointing capabilities.