Jacob Cushing

Jacob Cushing is a Senior Technical Program Manager at Glowforge since January 2022, previously serving as a Senior Manufacturing Test Engineer. Prior to Glowforge, Jacob worked at BLUE ORIGIN from October 2018 to January 2022 as a Lead Technical Test Engineer, where responsibilities included creating a common test architecture for the New Glenn Avionics department and coordinating testing campaigns. Jacob also held positions at BLUE ORIGIN as an Avionics Test Engineer, focusing on designing automated test equipment, and served as a Test and Evaluation Engineer at Boeing from September 2015 to September 2018, leading tests for a satellite optical system. Earlier experience includes an internship at Boeing for Vehicle Level Finite Element Analysis and an internship at Williams analyzing structural integrity of pipes. Jacob holds a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, both from Northwestern University.