Goyen Aerospace Consulting &
Engineering Services LLC
Goyen Aerospace Consulting &
Engineering Services LLC
Goyen Aerospace Consulting &
Engineering Services LL
Photo Credit: Ben Phillips
Rob Goyen Jr., Owner
About Me
I started working in human spaceflight at the age of 19, in capacities ranging from astronaut training and flight controlling for the Space Shuttle Program (SSP), designing exploration system architectures for missions to Mars and the Moon, to Business Development and Marketing. I have the valuable experience of working for both of the leading Environmental Control & Life Support Systems (ECLSS) integrators in the U.S., and the largest mission operations contractor supporting NASA's Johnson Space Center and Kennedy Space Center.
My natural propensity for leadership positions has led to professional opportunities of increasing levels of responsibility and exposure to many different roles in the spaceflight industry.
Outside of work I enjoy playing musical instruments, learning about astrophysics, handmade leather projects, and exploring the amazing natural surroundings of Colorado with my wife.
Work Experience
Paragon Space Development Corporation
Collins Aerospace
Willbros Engineers
In the Business Development department, my role was to demonstrate technical and corporate capabilities to customers needing Environmental Control & Life Support Systems (ECLSS), Thermal Control Systems (TCS), In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU), and Space Suit solutions for all mission types and programs. I led many successful proposals, resulting in 10s of millions of dollars of revenue in new and continuing work for several customers and mission architectures. As an ECLSS Subject Matter Expert (SME), I interfaced with customers to provide tailored ECLSS and TCS solutions.
Initially I worked as a Project Engineer, but for the majority of my employment, I held the leadership position of Program Engineering Manager for Collins' NextSTEP II ECLSS Program. This program was funded by NASA Headquarters to study many aspects of ECLSS for human exploration around the Earth, Moon, and Mars. This is where I learned of many state-of-the-art ECLSS technologies, NASA human standards, the needs of vehicle 'prime integrators', and the challenges of providing a safe, maintainable, and comfortable environment for crewed missions of all types. I worked in the Space Systems group, working almost solely on exploration ECLSS, meaning life support systems that accomplish water and oxygen loop-closure for future long-duration, crewed missions.
Within a few months of being hired, I was promoted from a Mechanical Engineer to Program Manager for a large-scale engineering and construction program, coordinating 25+ multidiscipline engineers and support staff, and 20+ subcontractors to build a $600 million-dollar Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) processing facility. I learned and exercised program management best practices, in support of the Project Management Office (PMO) while also executing other programs.
United Space Alliance LLC (USA)
In direct support of the Space Shuttle Program (SSP), I was a Navigation software Test Engineer, NASA-Certified Space Vehicle Systems Instructor, and worked in the Mission Control Center (MCC) in support of the Mechanical, Maintenance, Arm, and Crew Systems (MMACS) console where I developed an understanding of mission operations, mission profiles and planning, and crewed flight operations. Throughout my time at USA, I worked in NASA’s Mission Operations Directorate (MOD), now called Flight Operations Directorate (FOD).