⌖ Steele Fritchie

SHEET 01 — COVER

Steele Fritchie

PURSUING B.S. IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Electrical Engineering student at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA, originally from Mount Airy, MD. My background spans 3D modeling in Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks, and Onshape, circuit design in Multisim, and project management using Microsoft programs and Notion. I'm eager to bring engineering and critical thinking skills to an organization that serves our country. Expecting to graduate May 2028 and looking for internship opportunities for Summer 2027 in Electrical Engineering.


I am involved in intramural sports, played varsity tennis in high school, and am a member of several engineering groups including AIAA, Tripoli, and have been a member of Liberty Rocketry for several years, working on integrating Avionics Bays as a team member my freshman year, became an Avionics Co-Lead during my sophomore year, overseeing 15+ members and leading various projects, and am looking forward to becoming the Airbrakes team-lead during the 2026-27 school year to implement new systems on the team's annual IREC competition rocket.

SKILLS / TOOLS

  • SolidWorks
  • Autodesk Inventor
  • Onshape
  • MATLAB
  • MultiSim
  • Python
  • 3D Printing
  • Soldering

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Steele Fritchie
LOCATIONMount Airy, MD | Lynchburg, VA
FOCUSAvionics, Guided Navigation
& Control Systems
TOOLSSOLIDWORKS · MultiSim · MATLAB
STATUSOPEN TO INTERNSHIPS

SHEET 02 — RECORD OF EXPERIENCE

Engineering Experience

  • LU Rocketry Airbrakes Lead Engineer 2026-27

    Design and implement an airbrakes system using machine learning algorithms to predict the optimal deployment and retraction timing needed to hit an apogee of exactly 10,000 feet.

  • LU Rocketry Avionics Lead Engineer 2025-26

    Lead the avionics team to design and implement all electronic systems for the IREC 2026 OMEGA competition rocket. Including communication modules, ground station computer, custom flight computer, and recovery electronics.

  • LU Rocketry Avionics Design Engineer 2024-25

    Participated in the iterative development of the Avionics bay for the IREC 2025 Trinity competition rocket.

Engineering Experience Team Work / Launch

I was given the opportunity to represent Liberty Rocketry alongside Recovery Lead Owen Offman in an abc 2 News interview segment about the 2026 IREC. The video is blocked from being embedded but you can view the segment here:

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SHEET 03 — PROJECTS

Personal Projects

Omega Avionics Bay
3.1 Omega - Avionics Bay
ROLETelemetry Avionics System
DATE2025-26
MATERIAL/TOOLSPETG-CF 3D Printed
STATUSUsed in Flight

This year's rearrangement of the LORA mesh network called for a redesign of the nosecone avionics bay to hold all telemetry systems. This bay holds the student researched and developed Custom Flight Computer, TeleGPS, telemetry systems, and GoPro for camera footage as well as all associated electronics.

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Omega Recovery Bay
3.2 OMEGA - Recovery Bay
ROLERecovery Avionics System
DATE2025-26
MATERIAL/TOOLSPETG-CF 3D Printed
STATUSUsed in Flight

After communications interference last year, we changed our LORA mesh network to improve signal reliability and reduce latency by moving all communicating systems from the middle bay to the nosecone. This called for a redesign of the now-deemed recovery bay which holds all recovery electronics. Used for separating the airframe and deploying parachutes.

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Trinity Avionics Bay
3.3 Trinity - Avionics Bay
ROLEMain Avionics System
DATE2024-25
MATERIAL/TOOLSABS 3D Printed
STATUSUsed in Flight

The previous year's avionics sled was very unintuitive and could be difficult to repair, understand, or change out components. This project aimed to redesign the avionics bay to be more user-friendly and easier to maintain, while making wire management very intuitive. This design received several on-the-spot commendations from IREC judges.

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SHEET 04 — CONTACT

Let's Talk

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions — I'd be happy to discuss opportunities or answer any inquiries you may have.

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