Reine Ntone Johansen started as an Aerospace Systems Engineer III at Blue Origin in March 2022. She focuses on the Payload Accommodation for New Glenn. 

Previously, Reine Ntone Johansen was an aerospace systems engineer employed by Millennium Engineering and Integration. Reine was a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center, where she supported the Technology Education Satellite team in the development, testing and implementing of an exo-atmospheric passive deorbiting system called Exobrake in four CubeSats (TechEdSatellite 7,8, 13, and 10).

With a master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from San Jose State University located in San Jose, California, Reine started her professional career in August 2018 as a part-time engineer while finishing her master’s degree project on Ablative Thermal Protection Systems, with an emphasis on thermo-chemical ablation. Her master’s degree report is devoted to investigating ablative material’s behavior during Earth re-entry conditions and presents two different computational approaches for space missions APOLLO-4 (AS-501) and 10.

Prior to that, Reine studied at the University of Paris in Paris, France graduating with a bachelor’s degree in System Engineering in 2016. In 2014 she earned a second bachelor’s degree in Engineering Sciences from Catholic University in Lille, France.

Reine was born and raised in Cameroon, Africa where she completed her primary education and became passionate about science. Reine speaks multiple languages, including French and English. A life-long learner, Reine has had the opportunity to live and work in multiple countries. Through these global experiences, Reine is grateful to her mentors and the women who came before her in Aerospace Engineering. She dreams big and is inspired to make a difference in her field, where she can give back to girls and young women pursuing engineering or their life dreams.