Athul Girija
Quality Assurance Engineer, R&D at LeoLabs, Inc.
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolAthul Girija is a Quality Assurance Engineer in R&D with a Ph.D. in Astrodynamics and eight years of experience translating planetary science into feasible mission concepts, from aerocapture and EDL systems to end-to-end systems engineering. He combines hands-on software development in Python and C++ with technical writing and proposal work, and is the developer of the Aerocapture Mission Analysis Tool (AMAT) used for rapid mission trade studies. Having worked at LeoLabs, Pioneer Astronautics, Purdue, and through a JPL summer seminar, he bridges academic research and industry implementation for challenging space missions. Based in Denver, he brings uncommon depth in both orbital/atmospheric flight mechanics and practical QA practices for R&D teams, making complex mission analyses repeatable and verifiable.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology MadrasDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 3.90/4.00, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 3.90/4.00 at Purdue University
English, Malayalam, Chinese, Russian, Hindi
Github Skills (26)
python10
journal9
orbital-mechanics9
astrodynamics9
open-access9
scientific-computing8
science8
academia7
planetary7
space7
creative-commons7
asteroids4
optimization3
application3
planetary-science3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
athulpg007/AMAT
Mar 2020 - Jan 2023
Home of the Aerocapture Mission Analysis Tool (AMAT). For project documentation visit:
Contributions:8 releases, 2 reviews, 409 commits in 2 years 10 months
visitpythonproject-documentation
athulpg007/athulpg007.github.io
May 2020 - Apr 2026
Contributions:4 PRs, 33 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 11 months
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