• Brooke Owens Fellow, Class of 2018

• Georgia Institute of Technology, Master’s in Applied Systems Engineering, ‘25

• Tufts University, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, ‘19

• Host Institution: Air Line Pilots Association

• Mentor: Stephanie Luongo

Sarah Carty Dalgetty is an Aircraft Systems Engineer Sr. at Cirrus Aircraft. She has over 100 flight hours of crew time supporting FAA and military aircraft flight test and systems engineering over her career. Her current role with the Cirrus field sustaining engineering team is to investigate reports of aircraft systems issues, provide approved engineering for field repairs, and develop system design improvements. She has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Tufts University and a master's degree in applied systems engineering from Georgia Tech. She is also a private pilot and member of the Cirrus Flying Club. 

Sarah has enjoyed solving problems in both technical and leadership roles over her aerospace career. While pursuing her bachelor's degree at Tufts in Medford, MA, Sarah co-founded and led the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) chapter, worked as a supervisor in the university’s makerspace, and taught fluid mechanics as a learning assistant. She also completed several engineering internships at NAVAIR Human Systems in Patuxent River, MD, and as a 2018 Brooke Owens Fellow at the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) in Herndon, VA.

After graduation, Sarah joined the test engineering team for the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Aviation, and Security business area of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) in Centennial, CO. She supported the production and sustainment of fully mission capable commercial derivative aircraft in test engineer, test lead, and test manager roles.  From there she became a research engineer specializing in flight test and systems engineering of aircraft, mission systems, and unique capabilities for the Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory (SEAL) at Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) in Lincoln, MA, and pursued her master's degree part-time at Georgia Tech.

In the fall of 2024, she moved to join the Cirrus engineering team in Alcoa, TN and has been working there ever since.In her free time, Sarah enjoys spending time with her family and exploring new worlds. She is an avid reader, gaming enthusiast, and outdoor adventurer. As a private pilot, she has logged over 150 flight hours in the skies over Tennessee, Colorado, and the Northeast. She lives near Knoxville, TN with her husband, Eric, and their cat, Jinx.