To achieve the impossible, Veronica T. Pinnick, who put NASA’s PACE mission through its prelaunch paces, says you need to get comfortable with being
Formal Job ClassificationVeronica Pinnick is an integration and test manager at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard?
Towards the end of that project, I became the I&T manager responsible for building, testing, and delivery of that instrument to an ESA Mars rover. During those years, I realized that I wanted to change my career path more towards engineering.Branching out to try new things can be scary. I think what I enjoy most about working at Goddard is that there are endless opportunities for people who are comfortable being uncomfortable. I really like both science and engineering.
I encourage my mentees to think about their skill sets with an open mind and an open imagination. Sometimes people can get pigeon-holed in their skills and think they can only do one specific job. With the right mentorship and the right vision of what Goddard can do, and what gaps exist, we can fill the gaps with different skill sets.
This is one of the hardest changes coming out of a university and joining Goddard. This is an adjustment that every person new to space has to think about and make.I am proud of what I have built for space, but I am proudest of the people I have positively impacted along the way. I really think it is important to learn lessons from those who came before me and I am very grateful to them. I also want to help teach those coming up. We prepare lessons learned after each mission.
Then I worked on the proposal for Dragonfly, which is a flying drone that will explore Saturn’s moon Titan. I had to learn about why Titan is hard. At Goddard, I am constantly challenged which makes me constantly uncomfortable but that is what I like. At first, it is intimidating. Then it is exciting!At Goddard we work with some of the smartest people around. We are open to brainstorming together and coming up with solutions together.
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