Marley Belot

I’m a Systems Integration Engineer and aerospace test professional focused on spacecraft environmental qualification testing and advanced instrumentation integration. I bring hands-on experience executing vibration, shock, and thermal vacuum (TVAC) test operations that validate spacecraft survivability and readiness.

In my current role as an Environmental Test Engineer II, I support environmental qualification and acceptance testing campaigns for flight hardware and subsystem assemblies. I configure and operate test infrastructure—electrodynamic shakers, thermal chambers, vacuum chambers, and DAQ systems—while managing sensor placement, cable routing, test article fixturing, live operations monitoring, and troubleshooting during anomaly investigations.

Before that, I worked as a Research Engineer / Project Contributor on aerospace R&D involving NASA-licensed optical fiber shape-sensing technologies. I integrated and calibrated Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) and MEMS sensor systems, designed DAQ architectures using NI CompactDAQ and optical interrogators, and produced engineering documentation including compliance matrices and SBIR/STTR proposal materials.

My background also includes environmental and functional testing support as a Test Engineering Technician at Safran, where I operated thermal and vibration monitoring systems and supported FAA and AS9100 documentation and testing records. I’ve further strengthened my systems engineering foundation through NASA L’SPACE mission concept and propulsion research projects, including linear aerospike propulsion research and spacecraft subsystem requirement and trade study activities aligned with NASA GEVS, MIL-STD-1540, MIL-STD-810, and ECSS.