Joel A. Hernandez Email & Phone Number

California, United States

San Leandro, CA, US

Moffett Field, California, US

• Lead a cross-functional team of technicians and office personnel in the production of mission-critical spaceflight, aerial, and ground support hardware, ensuring adherence to rigorous quality standards and.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and implement manufacturing best practices within the operations team which include; welding, machining, metal forming, drilling, heavy equipment operations; forklift, crane, aerial.
• Proven ability to adapt and lead teams through strategic shifts. Effectively communicated new directions and developed actionable plans, ensuring team alignment and successful execution
• Facilitating branch safety meetings
• Employee performance reviews and recognitions
• Training and certification compliance for staff and process

Moffett Field, California, US

• Enforce codes and standards required by engineering needs for ground support, flight, and spaceflighthardware.
• Educate engineers and scientists on appropriate codes or standards to reference when manufacturinghardware to NASA standards.
• Create procedures to maintain American Welding Society (AWS) compliance and up-to-date records inwelding and inspection matters for the Advanced Metals and Composites Development.
• Inspect welds visually and with equipment and generate detailed nondestructive test reports foraerospace and non-flight hardware in accordance with specification standards.
• Adhere to AWS, ASNT, and NAS standards for magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, ultrasonic andradiographic testing.

Moffett Field, California, US

• Understanding and reviewing specification requirements for ground support, flight and space flight systems as required by mission and NASA standards. In order to ensure that manufacturing and documentation processes.
• Estimating jobs and discussing manufacturing possibilities with craftsmen for most effective path in the fabrication process while considering concurrent workloads.
• Creating work packages and planning out resources for weeks ahead while balancing a regularly fluctuating schedule of time sensitive projects.
• Provide cost effectiveness analysis as well as procedural requirements for customers when considering outsourcing work.
• Demonstrate long term cost savings and benefits of access to manufacturing facility while meeting all performance requirements.
• Project management—ordering material, hardware and obtaining files ahead of time to ensure best flow of work.

Arlington, VA, US

• Certified welder in flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW/TIG) and shielded metal arc welding (SMAW).
• Technical fabricator for manufacturing, assembly, test, checkout and readiness of systems and equipment.
• Develop procedures for testing and preparing systems/hardware.
• CNC programmer and operator for waterjet, plasma/oxy-fuel burn table and laser cutter.
• Welder, machinist and brake press operator.
• Composite layup and fiberglass work on flight hardware. Including mold making and vacuum bagging.

Bachelor Of Arts, Double Major, Broadcasting And Electronic Communications & Ethnic Studies

Associate'S Degree, Machine Technology | Machinist