Eric J. Miller

Eric J. Miller is deputy mission integration manager for NASA’s Quesst mission. Appointed in November 2022, his primary responsibility is to ensure that the X-59 aircraft development, acoustic validation, and community response elements remain coordinated and on track to deliver data on community response to sounds from quiet supersonic flight.

Experience

In 2021 and 2022, Miller worked a detail as stakeholder engagement lead for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) Integrated Aviation Systems Program (IASP) at NASA Headquarters. He developed headquarters-level, multi-program stakeholder communication products that align with ARMD priorities and highlight NASA capabilities and resources.

Miller first came to NASA in 2004 as a test engineer intern for the Icing Wind Tunnel at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2006, he was hired at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, as a cooperative education student in the Aerostructures Research Branch.  Early assignments involved structural ground and flight-testing projects and supporting finite element analysis studies.

During the next 14 years at Armstrong, Miller was assigned to several projects: as test conductor for the AeroVironment Inc. Global Observer wing proof load testing in 2009 and 2010; as lead structures engineer for NASA’s Environmentally Responsible Aviation Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE) project from 2011 to 2016; as test conductor for X-57 Maxwell wing proof load ground testing in 2018 and 2019; and as chief engineer for Generation Orbit Launch Services Inc. captive carry flight testing in 2017 and 2018. In October 2019, he was appointed engineering project manager for Armstrong’s Space Projects and Partnerships directorate. In this role, he developed partnerships with NASA centers, other government agencies, and commercial companies.

Miller is a member of the AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics). He has co-authored technical papers covering flight testing of adaptive structures and structural load testing of various aerospace structures.

Education and Honors

Miller earned a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2008 and a master’s degree in aerospace engineering, focusing on computational fluids and solid mechanics, from the University of Southern California in 2011.

In 2016, Miller was selected for the NASA Mid-Level Leader Program, which provided him with an agency perspective. He went on to complete a detail with the Air Force Test Center, Edwards, California, in the Global Power Bombers Combined Test Force, which included testing on the B-52 aircraft.

Personal

He resides in Washington D.C. with his wife and two girls. He is an avid pilot, woodworker, and gardener in his spare time.