When I was in third grade
I made my own eclipse viewer and
waited anxiously and patiently for hours, for the total solar
eclipse. It was an amazing atronomic phenomena.
My name is Ying Shi I am a software
safety engineer working for Goddard Safety and Mission Assurance
Directory.
I was preparing my dissertation
and I got a call from my former lab mate who was working
for Goddard at that time, and asked me if I have
any interest in working for Goddard. I was so
excited, I couldn't believe that I can move towards my
childhood dream, that close. I said "Yes!" "Absolutely!" "When can I start?"
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Inspired by my father
who enjoyed spending his spare time
building electronics like TV's and radios. I always wanted
to be his little helper. So, I was struggling for a long time
whether to go for astronomy or engineering for
college. So with considering that engineering
probably is a more practical discipline. I decided to
go for engineering in college. But I never thought about I
could be an engineer that works for NASA years later.
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I think some of my great accomplishment is
to apply what I have learned into areas of software safety and
reliability into real NASA projects. And Goddard always has
a one-of-a-kind missions, and different risk
levels, so most important and interesting
part of my job is to find a unifying way
to conduct software safety engineering across
NASA Goddard projects.
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If you really like science,
and like space exploration. If you want to
know what's happening beyond earth, NASA is a great place
for you. Try things out and find out exactly what you like.
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