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Seth Kovnat

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Director of Vehicle Engineering at Impulse Space
📍 Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States

Seth Kovnat is the Director of Vehicle Engineering at Impulse Space, leveraging his extensive experience from SpaceX where he managed the Falcon Payloads team. An alumnus of Drexel University with both a BS and MS, he is a master architect of spacecraft systems and holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Outside of aerospace engineering, Seth is a published childrens book author. His book, "The Know-How of Knowing How, " is designed to encourage creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork in young readers. He is a family man with a wife and three children.

Unique fact: He has overseen more payloads to space than anyone in history, achieving 100% mission success on seemingly impossible timelines.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Director of Vehicle Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States
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Space Vehicle Engineering
Leads vehicle engineering at Impulse Space, after a long tenure at SpaceX developing payload systems for Falcon 9, Dragon, and Starship.
Rapid Development
Specializes in the rapid development of complex systems, having scaled SpaceX's launch cadence from 24 to 148 launches per year.
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Career

Work history

6-2024
Director of Vehicle Engineering
Impulse Space
6-2022 - 6-2024
Manager Falcon Engineering
SpaceX
1-2021 - 6-2022
Lead Structures Engineer
SpaceX
3-2018 - 1-2021
Senior Structures Engineer
SpaceX
1-2013 - 3-2018
Technical Lead Engineer
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation
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Education
2006 - 2008
Master of Science (MS)
Drexel University
2003 - 2008
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Drexel University College of Engineering
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