Stephanie Autrey received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in May 2003. While attending UT at Austin, she interned at Applied Research Laboratories in the Space and Geophysics Lab conducting GPS data processing and analysis.

Following graduation, she joined Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in Dallas as a Guidance and Navigation Engineer. Her position focused on advanced algorithm development for Air and Missile Defense Systems as well as research and development for Hardware-in-the-Loop simulations and field-testing at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

After her first year with Lockheed Martin, she was chosen to participate in the Engineering Leadership Development Program (ELDP). Lockheed Martin's ELDP program requires participation in a rotational assignment curriculum. This program introduced Stephanie to several aspects of the company with emphasis on technical and leadership development. In particular, she worked on the Patriot Advanced Capabilities-3 (PAC-3) missile developing a shorter, more efficient initial turn fly-out trajectory. Additionally, she supported the System Architecture Study to design integrated architectures capable of defending against rockets, artillery, and mortars (RAM).

While working for Lockheed Martin, she earned her M.E. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington in May 2008. Her current project is on the simulation and controls team for the unmanned ground vehicle program, Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment (MULE). She is generating algorithms to control the vehicle's mobility and articulation. These algorithms are tested in a MATLAB/Simulink environment and are auto-coded for actual field-testing on the subscale engineering evaluation unit (EEU).