Peter Mccloud
Aero Aerothermodynamics Engineer at McCloud Aero Corporation
Longview, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPeter Mccloud is an aero-aerothermodynamics engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience shaping human spaceflight programs and advanced UAV concepts. He has led CFD-driven environment generation for NASA’s Orion program and provided critical aero/thermal support for crewed vehicles at Boeing, including real-time Space Shuttle TPS analyses. As founder and CTO of McCloud Aero Corporation he develops large-scale drones and personal transport vehicles end-to-end, blending vehicle design, simulation, manufacturing and flight testing. Based in Longview, WA, he advises student rocketry projects and brings a rare combination of mission-critical spaceflight experience and entrepreneurial hardware development. Notably, his work spans both high-fidelity CFD and practical prototyping—translating complex aerothermodynamic analyses into flyable vehicles.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering, Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering, Physics at University of California, DavisMaster of Science (M.S.), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at University of Southern California
Github Skills (27)
ros10
mavlink9
autopilot9
px49
drones9
rotor9
parametric8
modeling8
qgroundcontrol8
3d-models8
aircraft8
espressif8
goliath8
rocket7
3d7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
psas/isogrid_designs
Dec 2019 - Apr 2022
Repo for the LV4 "isotank" fuel tank project
Contributions:33 commits, 31 pushes in 2 years 3 months
psas/lv4.0-airframe
Nov 2019 - Dec 2021
Repo for our future liquid propellant rocket
Contributions:21 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
aircraftliquidloadtestingrocketautopilot
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