Lindsay Sanders
Principal Engineer
Education:
How did you get into the job you have now & why did you choose SSI?
After working for several years with Chris Costello as both a satellite systems engineer and program manager, and hearing all about SSI, I decided it was time to try something new and try out the SETA role. I had many former coworkers who now worked with SSI, and saw how the company treated their employees as individuals much more than the larger primes I had worked for in the past. It was an easy choice to come to SSI, and found a great fit supporting the team at OSD SCO.
Favorite planet?
Hmm, this one I’ve never really thought about before. I’ve always been fascinated by the color of Uranus. The blue-green color is my favorite, so I guess based purely on that I would choose Uranus.
Hobbies outside of work?
I love to read, but my favorite hobby is probably collecting hobbies. I try so many new things for a month or so at a time, and then move on to the next. If there was one thing that I always love and find fun no matter what or when, it’s probably listening to music (usually show tunes from our favorite musicals) and dancing around the kitchen, usually with one of my daughters. It never gets old!
Bio:
I have been a space kid my entire life, but after both watching a shuttle launch in Florida and attending Space Camp in the 6th grade, space was cemented as what I wanted to do as a career. From starting my professional life as a spacecraft operator through transitioning to program management, I’ve launched and decommissioned satellites, worked programs from proposal through operations, and have learned from and enjoyed aspects of every mission phase. Stepping into the SETA role nearly a year and a half ago has been another opportunity to learn new and different side of the mission. I love seeing the same spark I had for space and science as a sixth grader now glowing in my own sixth and eighth grade children, each with their own passions.
