David Braun

David Braun has 24 years of experience in the Mechanical Systems Division of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He has designed and built flight hardware for many projects including significant roles delivering structures and mechanisms for the first Mars Rover, and subsequent Mars Robotic Arms, and Landers. He has also delivered a Siderostat optical assembly with “subatomic” stability and precision pointing systems for the Space Interferometry Mission, and served on numerous Tiger teams and review boards. He is currently the Group Supervisor for the Opto-Mechanical Engineering Group for the Instrument Mechanical Engineering Section.