Daniel Sherlock
Raptor Propulsion Engineer at SpaceX
Greater Orlando United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolDaniel Sherlock is a Raptor Propulsion Engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience in propulsion systems, currently developing rocket engines at SpaceX after leading rotating detonation and detonation-combustion research at the University of Central Florida. He blends practical systems integration experience from internships at Lockheed Martin and flight test work at Northrop Grumman with entrepreneurial leadership founding and managing Knights Experimental Rocketry. Daniel has deep expertise in liquid bi-propellant and advanced detonation concepts, and a track record of taking projects from concept through testing and certification at collegiate and industry scales. Based in Greater Orlando, he pairs a Mechanical Engineering degree from UCF with an atypical combination of academic research and real-world manufacturing/quality roles. Known for organizing high-performing teams for Spaceport America Cup competitions, he brings both rigorous technical analysis and hands-on fabrication skills to complex propulsion challenges. Ambitious about pushing launch-vehicle performance, he thrives at the intersection of research innovation and production-ready engine systems.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Lake Brantley High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering at University of Central Florida
Github Skills (39)
gleam10
programming-language9
erlang9
typesafe9
compiler8
webextension6
gleam-lang6
chrome-extension6
react5
extensible5
flux5
chrome5
firefox5
maths5
firefox-addon5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
prawnsgamers/prawnsgamers.github.io
Jun 2014 - Jun 2015
Contributions:368 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year
DanielSherlock/BeddingtonPeers
Apr 2020 - Apr 2020
Implementation of Beddington Stones using PeerJS
Contributions:4 PRs, 114 pushes, 7 branches in 11 days
peerjs
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.