Mars 2020 Payload Lead Systems Engineer | Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
Elizabeth Córdoba serves as assistant manager of the Flight System Engineering, Integration, and Test Section at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where she helps lead a section of 290 of the world’s premier systems engineers to design, build, and deliver one of a kind missions to explore the universe. Previously, Córdoba was the payload lead systems engineer for the seven instruments on the Mars 2020 rover. Other roles include: SMAP (a soil moisture Earth science mission) flight system verification and validation lead, SMAP science activity lead, and mission concepts engineer. She is the proud recipient of the NASA Public Achievement Medal, the JPL People Leadership Award, and the NASA Early Career Medal.
Favorite Tech Memory: Everything about my roommates in ULC (now Nelson Shell): the best friends, the shenanigans, and the hard work—207 love!