About Integration And Test Guru
Chuck Chidekel
Chuck Chidekel
Chuck Chidekel
Integration and Test Guru was formed after a 40 year career in Integration and Test (I&T) for NASA, I&T skills can only be acquired through years of hands on experience, working in collaboration with a diversity of engineers, technicians, scientists and other experts over many years.
Through contractual arrangements and blog posts on this
Integration and Test Guru was formed after a 40 year career in Integration and Test (I&T) for NASA, I&T skills can only be acquired through years of hands on experience, working in collaboration with a diversity of engineers, technicians, scientists and other experts over many years.
Through contractual arrangements and blog posts on this site, Integration and Test Guru aims to share our experience with the next generation of space professionals.
Current Work
Chuck Chidekel
Chuck Chidekel
I&T consultant for a team pursuing the Environmental Test and Integration Services IV Contract at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Member: Habitable Worlds Observatory Servicing Working Group (Pre-phase A Study Group) - Chaired by John Grunsfeld, former Astronaut & NASA Chief Scientist.
My Experience
Chuck Chidekel
My Experience
- Collaborated with Universities, Corporations, ESA and NASA on small payloads for the Space Shuttle.
- Led diverse teams building and testing an Observatory and Science Instruments in collaboration with JAXA.
- Oversaw the Assembly, Integration and Test of satellites collecting vital data about the Sun, Earth and our natural resources.
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- Collaborated with Universities, Corporations, ESA and NASA on small payloads for the Space Shuttle.
- Led diverse teams building and testing an Observatory and Science Instruments in collaboration with JAXA.
- Oversaw the Assembly, Integration and Test of satellites collecting vital data about the Sun, Earth and our natural resources.
- Planned the Integration and Test campaign of the robotic subsystem for a NASA satellite servicing technology demonstration.