Lainey Drake

Lainey Drake is a experienced Mission Operations Engineer at Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, since April 2023, with prior experience as a Systems Engineer at Virgin Orbit from May 2022 to April 2023. While at Virgin Orbit, Lainey was responsible for the Rocket Sequence of Events and contributed to mission-specific flight software sequences. Lainey’s expertise includes automation in the integration and testing phase, having notably saved production time through Python code development during an internship at Virgin Orbit in 2021. Additional experiences include avionics engineering at Virgin Galactic, research assistance in ecosystem health at Wake Forest University, and leadership roles in theatrical productions and community-building activities at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. Lainey holds dual bachelor's degrees in Physics and Theatre from Wake Forest University.