Elle Allen is the Principal Engineering R&D Project Manager at Commonwealth Fusion Systems. She holds a BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering and Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University and worked on numerous SpaceX flight vehicles and aerospace, medical, and inspection robots as a responsible engineer before maturing her career in data-driven leadership through her work with the executive corporate operations team at SpaceX.

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She joined the CFS team in 2020 to direct her focus toward our home planet, leading the cable-based HTS magnet team for fusion applications through management of the CSMC (Central Solenoid Model Coil) project.