Steve Smith Email & Phone Number

San Juan Capistrano, Ca, Us

Irvine, California

Lake Forest, Ca

Responsible for all composite operations, these responsibilities include Building an effective composite manufacturing facility, hiring composite technicians and. supervision of staff. Interface with customer and technical sales Review engineering of composite parts before production. Order and maintain tool inventory needed by both assembly and lamination departments, maintain a high moral and good work atmosphere within the team, Request all composite raw materials for the company.

Hawthorne, Ca

Responsible for the manufacture of the entire composite content of SpaceX’s Falcon1 and Falcon 9 rockets and Dragon capsule, some of these responsibilities include Building an effective composite manufacturing facility, direct supervision of 56 staff. I specified the manufacturing process to be used for the fabrication of composite parts and assemblies. I had the lead role in Procuring capital equipment to be used for processing composites. Interfacing with other departments and engineer’s to streamline and resolve conflicts that may impact mission success. technical training of staff. Review engineering of composite parts before production. Order and maintain tool inventory needed by both assembly and lamination departments, maintain a high moral and good work atmosphere within my team, Requested all composite raw materials for the company. Developed and implemented an inventory process that controls pre-preg other raw materials, continued involvement in composite MRB.

San Clemente, Ca

Responsibilities include all aspects of daily manufacturing operations of the composite shop including scheduling, tool fabrication, cloth cutting, lamination and final assembly of complex composite structures and aerodynamic fairings, piece parts and tooling for the prime aerospace companies. Products produced have included experimental aircraft, open wheeled CART Champ Cars, funny cars, Formula Nippon Race, UAV’s and structures. These responsibilities also include but are not limited to budgeting, staffing, technical process development and documentation and interfacing with engineering and management.

Costa Mesa, Ca

Responsibilities included on hand fabrication of air and land base radomes, satellite antennas, dishes and reflectors. These responsibilities required a working knowledge of advanced material processing. Materials used included dry fiber and prepreg, carbon fiber (unidirectional and fabric), aramid, fiberglass, quartz and hybrids. Additional responsibilities included scheduling, budgeting, estimating, personnel projects, process specifications and all manufacturing phases of the team. Tooling/Prototype: Responsibilities included master plaster fabrication, high temperature composite tooling construction, and cost effective prototype and one off radomes, reflectors and aerodynamic fairings.