Sarah Schubert

Engineer, Lighter-than-Air Platform

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Sarah Schubert is a Lighter-than-Air Platform Engineer at SilverLining, specializing in high-altitude balloon engineering. In her role, she is instrumental in providing engineering and operational expertise, encompassing the design, piloting, and evaluation of high-altitude research platforms and sensors.

She previously served as the lead design engineer for Balloon Tech, where she contributed to the design of stratospheric vehicles for wildfire detection and scientific research and on Google X’s Project Loon, utilizing high-altitude balloons to provide internet access to rural and remote areas. Beyond her work in high-altitude platforms, Sarah has applied her engineering skills to various applications, including carbon sequestration, clean energy, and biotech.