Our curriculum provides students with hands-on industry experience through BLADE, a year-long design competition where teams develop a high-altitude balloon (HAB) mission of their choice. Since 2019, students have followed a structured design process, including Conceptual Design Review (CoDR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), and Critical Design Review (CDR). The winning team(s) will launch, collect data, and recover their BalloonSat payload. Additionally, we offer workshops on CAD, KiCAD, 3D printing, resume building, presentation skills, and an introduction to Python. Using the skills obtained through the workshops students will then be able to create and launch their very own CubeSat with a mission of their own choosing. The experience gained through BLADE equips members with essential technical and programming skills, preparing them for Bronco Space’s CubeSat projects and serving as a pipeline for leadership roles in industry, Bronco Space, and other engineering initiatives at Cal Poly Pomona.