Heather Chluda

Heather Chluda is a Principal System Engineer at Sierra Nevada Corporation, where responsibilities include serving as Test Director for the integrated spacecraft environmental testing campaign and as Senior Systems Engineer and Test Lead for the Dream Chaser Program. Previous experience includes roles as Program Manager and Principal Engineer at Technology Applications, Inc., and as a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Consultant. Heather Chluda has held positions at Pratt & Whitney, where contributions included lead roles in engine systems engineering and project management, as well as experience at Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne, Lockheed Martin, The Boeing Company, and Heapy Engineering, focusing on aerospace product development, thermal analysis, and HVAC design. Heather Chluda holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Mathematics from Ohio University.