University of Missouri-Columbia

Lead Core Avionics Engineer at SpaceX

Managing a team of over a dozen engineers to redesign 2nd stage avionics on Falcon 9 to increase reliability, add capability, and enable higher production rates at lower cost and labor.

SpaceX

Manager, Avionics Hardware Development

We specialize in simulating high voltage discharge, antenna simulation, lightning strike, HIRF, MIL-STD's, cable coupling analysis, susceptibility, emissions, RFID, signal integrity, and EMP.  

Give us a call early on to help with initial design, or later on in the program when you're in a jam. 

http://www.3demc.com/

ElectroMagnetic Consultants

Founder

Lead a team of half a dozen engineers to redesign existing hardware to make avionics more reliable and easier to manufacture/test, and drove new product designs into Falcon and Dragon to introduce additional capability.

Lead Avionics Life Cycle Engineer

Responsible engineer for a number of avionics products across Falcon and Dragon including Inertial Measurement Units, Power Units, and Engine Controllers.

Avionics Life Cycle Engineer

Electromagnetic Environmental Effects Engineer

Co-founded Synek, Inc. as the lead Engineer and led the technical design of the “Keurig for beer”, the world’s first beer dispenser that gives access to any beer ever made on a kitchen counter. 

It resulted in a successful Kickstarter campaign where 2,191 individuals pledged $648,353.  In three years’ time, Synek has grown to 28-employees and is one of St. Louis's most successful startups.

SYNEK, Inc.

Co-Founder

Flew across the world to diagnose EMI lab test failures and to ensure that MIL-STD-461 tests are being performed properly. 

Responsible for lightning strike protection for Boeing Defense systems.  Lightning strike simulation results drove high level design and material changes across two multi-billion dollar proprietary systems.

Received certificate of recognition for outstanding work on the F-15 Saudi Program by working with a team to bring a unit in the critical path of the program back on schedule.

Mike Young