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Jason Carter has a diverse work experience in the field of thermal engineering. Jason is currently working as the Principal Thermal Engineer at Astrobotic since August 2022. Jason'srole involves leading a team in the thermal design of lunar landers and overseeing computational modeling, hardware design, installation, testing, and mission operations.

Before joining Astrobotic, Jason worked as a Senior Thermal Engineer at the same company from October 2019 to August 2022. In this role, they were responsible for the thermal analysis of the Peregrine lunar lander product. Jason performed component-level thermal models and executed testing of spacecraft components and systems for space transit and lunar surface operation.

Prior to their employment at Astrobotic, Jason worked as a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Curtiss-Wright EMD from March 2013 to October 2019. Here, they specialized in the analysis of highly engineered pumps, motors, and generators used in military and commercial energy applications. Jason utilized various analysis tools such as ANSYS, Matlab/Simulink, and FEMAP for their work.

Jason's career in thermal engineering began at Penn State University, where they worked as a Research Engineer from June 2006 to January 2013. Jason'sresearch focused on the thermal management of wide-bandgap semiconductor devices. Jason conducted thermal characterization, finite-element analysis, and computational fluid dynamics simulations to understand the thermal and stress fields in these devices. Jason also wrote successful proposals and managed projects for defense sponsors.

Before their role as a Research Engineer, Jason served as an Associate Research Engineer at Penn State University from January 2002 to June 2006. Jason worked on tasks related to the thermal management of laser diode arrays and other electro-optic and electronic devices. Jason collaborated with technical partners from various defense laboratories and conducted empirical work on heat transfer and fluid dynamics analysis.

Jason's early career began as a Research and Development Engineer at Bloom Engineering Company from June 2000 to December 2001. Jason performed computational fluid dynamics studies on burner designs for the steel and aluminum industries, as well as provided VBA programming and laboratory support.

Overall, Jason Carter brings extensive expertise in thermal engineering, with a focus on the design, analysis, and testing of thermal systems for space exploration and energy applications.

Jason Carter earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English from Texas Christian University, where they studied from 1993 to 1997. Jason later pursued a Master of Science (MS) in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, from 1998 to 2000.