# Arion M.

> Structures Engineering Manager at Vast

Location: Walnut Creek, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/arion

Bay Area native with experience in product design, mechatronics, and project management. Quick learner with strong focus on details and excellent communication skills.

## Work Experience
### Manager, Structures Engineering @ Vast
Jan 2025 – Present | Long Beach, California, United States
Station External Structures Engineering Manager

### Senior Mechanical Engineer @ Vast
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Long Beach, California, United States
Haven Demo Structures Responsible Engineer

### Mechanical Engineer II @ Vast
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Long Beach, California, United States

### Structures Engineer II @ SpaceX
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
Responsible Engineer for B9-15 Outer Engine Thruster Structure and Pad Interface

### Build Engineer II @ SpaceX
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
Development and First Article Builds for Orbital Stage Interface and Grid Fins

### Build Engineer @ SpaceX
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022

### Mechanical Design Engineer @ Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Baltimore, Maryland Area
Project Blindside

### Teaching Assistant @ Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Baltimore, Maryland Area
Courses:
- Mechanics Based Design
- Robots, Sensors, and Actuators
- Electronics and Instrumentation
- Thermodynamics

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Baltimore, Maryland Area
Professor Joseph Katz, Laboratory for Experimental Fluid Dynamics: http://web.jhu.edu/fluid_dynamics/index.html

### Display Engineering Project Management Intern @ Apple
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Cupertino, California
- Sustaining development for iPhone programs, engineering support for future product development

### Product Design & Manufacturing Intern @ Theranova, LLC
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, California

### Metering Services and Engineering Intern @ Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, California

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute at Johns Hopkins University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Baltimore, Maryland Area
Kang Group at JHU HEMI - https://kang.me.jhu.edu/bio/

### Research Assistant @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Berkeley, CA
Yao Research Group at UC Berkeley DMSE - http://yaolab.mse.berkeley.edu/


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Concentration
The Johns Hopkins University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/arion-m

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Last updated: 2026-04-13