Nick Sheryka Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Englewood, Colorado, Us

• Led the control room on the first flight of XB-1; history's first independently developed supersonic airplane• Led the flight test team through all integrated subsystem, ground & taxi test campaigns• Served as Chair of the Configuration Control Board

Englewood, Colorado, Us

• Established the company's culture for test discipline. Authored standards for all integrated vehicle testing• Created tools, defined & introduced processes for: Systems Engineering, Human Factors, System Safety Analysis & Mass Property management• Served as test pilot on the company's first flight test campaign demonstrating high bandwidth telemetry connectivity at range; expanding the envelope of a commercially available radio system

Englewood, Colorado, Us

• Early stage (seed round) employee at a capital intensive, hardware focused aviation startup• Performed the clean-sheet layout of numerous subsystems on the XB-1 supersonic technology demonstrator aircraft

Mojave, California, Us

• Led the subsystem design team during the development of the world's largest aircraft; Stratolaunch's carrier aircraft "Roc"• Served on the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) board for new vehicle first flight approval

Mojave, California, Us

• Responsible for hydraulics, flight controls, landing gear & environmental control subsystems on a prototype experimental aircraft through ground activation, first flight and envelope expansion test campaigns• Flew as third seat Flight Test Engineer aboard the Virgin Galactic White Knight Two carrier aircraft. Coordinated flight test logistics for this experimental aircraft operating in the R-2508 military airspace complex• Attended formal Test Conductor training with the USAF 412th Operations Group at Edwards Air Force Base

Mojave, California, Us

• Designed subsystems & hand fabricated air frame components of a full-scale hybrid-electric flying car concept on a project that went from the drawing board to first flight in less than 6 months• Owned the design of mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic subsystems for a 30,000 lb experimental aircraft powered by a General Electric F110 turbofan. Lead a team of technicians and produced all definition for component fabrication and installation• Engineered the firewall forward installation of a prototype Jet-A burning piston diesel aero engine into an existing air frame

Kittery, Maine, Us

• Civilian Nuclear Test Engineer, responsible for reactor safety aboard US Navy submarines• Led joint military & civilian teams ranging from 2 – 20 individuals. Briefed and trained the ship's force crew duty section daily• Set safe work conditions for nuclear mechanical and electrical subsystem maintenance, modernization, and repair work• Directed reactor plant and subsystem qualification tests, e.g. initial steam plant & reactor criticality operations after prolonged maintenance periods• Responsible for radiological controls during the conduct of work on nuclear systems• Qualified Shift Test Engineer on S6G, S9G, & NR-1 reactor plants installed on Los Angeles, Virginia, and NR-1 class submarines, respectively