US Air Force
apt Christopher Reed is a spaceflight mission engineer working in the Air Force Research Lab’s Space Vehicles Directorate in the Model Based Systems Engineering and Analysis branch at Kirtland AFB, NM. Capt Reed has quickly been recognized as the leading subject matter expert in Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) within the Space vehicles Directorate through his demonstrated skills and knowledge with modeling systems of systems for spaceflight experiments. He has built a new MBSE Style Guide for space vehicles and engaged to train 54 engineers in MBSE using the new guide.
Chris Reed graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering in December 2017 and quickly commissioned into the Air Force to start working in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center for the Simulators Division. He started work with MBSE when he was handpicked to work on a $900M project. He quickly learned MBSE to understand and effectively communicate the intricacy of new systems. After his work with the Simulators Division, Chris was competitively selected to earn a Master’s in Science for Systems Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2020. Prior to his current position, he was a systems engineering student at AFIT/ENV, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH and completed his degree in March 2022.
