Steven Dawson Email & Phone Number

Vandenberg SFB

Representative and interface at West Coast launch site for all external launch customers

Vandenberg SFB

Responsible for all launch site Quality Management System compliance, quality inspection support, and reliability engineering initiative activities.

Assisting the launch site vehicle integration and pad teams to conform to customer and range requirements, incorporate company best practices and lessons learned into operational standards and prevent future problems as well as manage a team of inspectors to check for current problems.

Ensuring acceptable workmanship and processes in the propulsion department to conform to internal standards and AS9100 requirements.

Ensuring acceptable workmanship and processes in the composites department to conform to internal standards and AS9100 requirements.

Fabricated composite parts, tools and bonded assemblies from beginning to end in accordance with engineering prints and work orders in compliance with internal manufacturing specifications and processes.

Taught big-boat sailing classes and chartered sailboats to customers, addressing any needs or concerns on the spot.

Helped start a small company from scratch to become one of the primary suppliers of automotive racing composite products for time attack and touring cars on the West Coast

Researched sub-synchronous noise warranty returns for a customer product line as well as conducted repeatability testing of low and high-speed rotating assembly balance equipment to conform with Six Sigma and ISO9000 quality and efficiency standards.

Assembled complex equipment to strict cleanliness and torque standards as well as assisted in heavy crane lifts and equipment installation. Worked around hazardous material as well as intense electro-magnetic fields and radioactivity.