My job was to ensure that Space Cockpit had mission-critical and intuitive features for United States Space Force (USSF) Guardians to protect and operate satellites and other space assets. At the beginning of Space Cockpit's development, many service members had little to no formal space training and used outdated software, tedious manual workflows, and often lacked visual components, making it difficult for them to fully understand and communicate threats to space assets and national security.

I regularly met with operators to identify pain points, improvements, and new features to add to Space Cockpit. I used various research methods, including interviews, surveys, and usability testing in both virtual and in-person sessions with Guardians.​ From my research, I designed and programmed 5 major features that filled a mission need for USSF operators, converting complex space operations to simple, digital workflows. Even with the expanding capabilities, I reduced training times on the application from multiple days to under 1 hour by simplifying the application interface, automating tedious calculations and concepts, implementing in-app tutorials, and creating bite-sized tutorial videos.

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I also liaised with primary customers and stakeholders weekly to provide updates on the application’s progress and prioritize feature development.