Founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer
Ross Cohlmia, PE, CWI
Ross is a licensed Professional Engineer and Certified Welding Inspector with more than 15 years in aerospace and simulation systems. He trained as a welder before earning his engineering degree, and he leads programs from architecture and requirements through verification and test.
Cohlmia Engineered Services · Founder and Chief Engineer · 2018 to present
Test director for Dream Chaser at NASA facilities for thermal vacuum, system leak, and power-on campaigns. Propulsion architecture trade study for NASA's WB-57. Inventor of the PBPM wire feed, patent pending.
Sierra Space · Senior Systems Engineer, Dream Chaser integration lead · 2019 to 2021
Owned the vehicle-level technical baseline, managed interfaces with the International Space Station, and served as the primary technical liaison to NASA verification groups.
Sierra Space · Structural Engineer III, design lead · 2017 to 2019
Designed cargo module primary and secondary structure and led five engineers through PDR and CDR on the solar arrays and radiators.
Sierra Nevada Corporation · Mechanical Engineer II · 2015 to 2017
Aircraft mission system installations, including radomes and fairings, designed to airworthiness standards.
Pathfinder Systems · Mechanical and Systems Engineer · 2012 to 2015
Full lifecycle of helicopter flight simulators, from system definition through integration and verification.
BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Denver, special honors, mathematics minor. Professional Engineer, Colorado. Certified Welding Inspector, American Welding Society. U.S. Patents 9,746,272; 9,746,273; 9,945,632.