Senior aero-mechanical engineer with 27-year plus progressive multidisciplinary experience in the design, development and production of experimental and military reconnaissance SUAVs. Technical lead and management of multidisciplinary engineering team for product developments from conceptual phase through production with the “design for manufacturing & assembly” paradigm. Product specification, system requirements creation. Perform multifaceted analysis using various analytical (FEA) and or experimental techniques to test and validate designs. Assist various engineering branches such as product engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality engineering and purchasing in meeting their stringent production deadlines by solving time sensitive technical issues so corporate can meet their quarterly requirements and customer obligations. Root cause analysis of certain production related failures. Primary source of contact for tier-1 suppliers to solve manufacturing issues spanning across multiple product lines. Well versed in rapid prototyping and manufacturing techniques for producing one off concepts or functional parts for demonstration, testing and validation. Well versed in composite design & manufacturing techniques, analysis, prototyping and fabrication of super lightweight airframe parts, wings, tails, fuselage and rotor blades. Seasoned fixture, tool and mold designer in hard or soft tooling applications depending on application, schedule and cost requirements. Structural design and testing of specialized and intricate, lightweight but yet very robust composite structures. Electromechanical design of high efficiency brushless propulsion motor system for SUAVs. Vibration damping motor mount design. Robust Lithium-Ion battery pack design and packaging. Flight engineer, systems engineer, ground test director on HALE program's solar powered Pathfinder Plus, Helios & Helios Prototype fuel cell, high altitude record setting aircraft. Chief engineer on P-Plus.