Jack Vulcani

Responsible engineer for an internal program Successfully brought the product through hands on assembly and testing while overseeing multiple technical disciplines Designed space flight hardware

Mechanical Engineer (Contract) at Orbit Fab (2026-03 – 2026-09)

• Responsible engineer for an internal program
• Successfully brought the product through hands on assembly and testing while overseeing multiple technical disciplines
• Designed space flight hardware
• Re-designed structural panels of the payload and mounting attachments to ensure the engineering requirements were met

Student at Colorado State University (2024-05 – 2025-12)

Master of Engineering. Aerospace Engineering Specialization

• Completed classes: Turbomachinery, Chemical Rocket Propulsion, Aerospace Vehicles Trajectory and Performance, Orbital Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Material Issues in Mechanical Design, Additive Manufacturing
• Designed a theoretical process for lunar dust removal from water (unpublished)

Mechanical Engineer (Contract to Hire) at Ophir Corporation (2020-02 – 2023-11)

• Designed and assembled an internal aerospace project that was later successfully test flown
• Brought the project through the conceptual phase, detailed design, piece part analysis, ASME Y14.5 drawings, assembly and testing
• Became the acting point of contact and managed a team of 4 for all assembly activities
• Re-designed an existing sub assembly
• Reduced the weight of the assembly by two thirds and the height by half while still maintaining the structural requirements using static and dynamic FEA. Generated mixed mesh in FEMAP
• Brought system cost and complexity down
• Worked with various manufacturers to loosen unnecessarily tight tolerances to aid in manufacturing cost (20% price reduction) and turnaround time
• Developed initial size weight and power estimates for a spacecraft using SolidWorks
• Generated preliminary design concepts for a spacecraft component in SolidWorks

Mechanical Design Engineer (Contract) at James Fisher Technologies (2018-09 – 2019-10)

• Utilized hand calculations to analyze and verify the structural integrity of various nuclear field components. Reviewed drawings to ensure the GD&T reflects the design intent

EDM Machinist at Precision Machined Products (2018-01 – 2018-09)

• Manufactured aerospace components using EDM wire, EDM sinker, mill and lathe machines
• Coded the tool paths using Mastercam
• Verified dimensional tolerances using gauge pins, CMMs, micrometers, and calipers

Engineering Intern at Woodward Inc. (2017-05 – 2017-08)

• Modeled an internal project for FEA analysis using Creo
• Utilized MATLAB to develop a mathematical model to determine loads
• Created a 3D animation for the customer using the animation software MAYA

Engineering Intern at Engineering Research Center (2016-05 – 2016-08)

• Designed a cryogenic radial pump for the use of laser cooling
• Generated GD&T drawings for manufacturing

Master of Engineering in Aerospace – Colorado State University (2024-05 – 2025-12)

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering – Colorado State University (2012-08 – 2017-05)