Bio
BioDavid Napolillo is a mechanical design engineer with extensive spacecraft layout experience. He has designed both one-of-a-kind spacecraft as well as a constellation of 35 vehicles. As a lead design engineer, he has overseen junior designers and production engineers in charge of space subsystem qualification testing as well as vendors producing flight hardware.
Notable Awards and Leadership
Notable Awards and LeadershipYear(s) | Description |
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Year(s) 2018 | Description APL Bumblebee Award for the Dragonfly Titan Mission Concept — provided lead mechanical design support to develop the lander configuration |