Joshua Thompson
New Bern
Summary
Engineering professional with strong background in aeronautical applications, prepared to drive impactful projects. Reliable team player with focus on innovative solutions and adaptability to changing requirements.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Aeronautical Engineer Senior
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
05.2021 - Current
- MRB Engineer deployed to customer site (MCAS Cherry Point) for direct MRB support at the depot (June 2023 to present).
- Worked directly with customer personnel and other industry support team members to produce timely and cost-effective repairs for F-35B and F-35C aircraft inducted at the depot.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including customer personnel and other industry support team members, to produce timely and cost-effective engineering solutions to complex non-conformances.
- MRB engineer for programmed depot maintenance on the U-2 (Palmdale), dispositioning discrepant assemblies as well as machined and sheet metal parts (February 2022 to May 2023).
- Dispositioned non-conforming F-35 / F-22 aircraft composite and metallic components, including leading edge flaps, HTTEs, ailerons, and VTLEs.
- Reviewed and analyzed drawings, specs, and 3D engineering models to ensure that repaired components would meet or exceed design requirements.
- Prioritized dispositions to support production rate, meet delivery schedule, control for lead time for replacement materials, and ensure cost-effective repairs.
- Studied and reviewed autoclave oven cure cycles, inspection and NDT methods, lay-up, and repair processes for composite airplane parts to understand and resolve discrepancies.
- Utilized QADS, PDM, JDL, ICA, CPC and other tools and databases to facilitate disposition of discrepant parts and assemblies.
Engineering General - Multidiscipline
Triumph Aerospace Structures
05.2019 - 05.2021
- Limited MRB engineer on the Boeing 787 and 777 programs. Dispositioned discrepant composite parts, including wing flaps, trailing edge wedges, spoilers, ailerons, fuselage longerons and shear ties.
- Performed structural analysis on the Mitsubishi Spacejet M100 wing program, optimizing the wing rib web and continuous chord thickness for minimum weight while maintaining minimum acceptable margins of safety, using the Frame Intercostal Rib Spar Tool (FIRST tool).
- Updated design tables for the design team to incorporate optimized thicknesses into their models.
- Built a Microsoft Excel tool to calculate the rib crushing loads due to bending and built-in curvature.
- Contributed to the development of the shear tie analysis tool by developing shear and moment distribution due to applied loads to check the accuracy of the tool.
- Improved the functionality of the rib stiffener analysis tool by peer reviewing the methodology.
- Assisted with the development of the rib web analysis tool by accounting for diagonal tension for the post-buckled web case.
Systems Engineer
Lockheed Martin Rotary Mission Systems
08.2018 - 05.2019
- Utilized Microsoft Access and Excel tools to build As Delivered Bills of Materials (ADBOMs) for Data Quality Integration Management (DQIM) to support aircraft DD250 and delivery.
- Managed and manipulated data using Microsoft Excel and Access tools to ensure the validity of all data supplied in the Sustainment Data Build (SDB).
- Successfully converted Excel form of ADBOM into eXtensible Markup Language (XML) format for loading to the SOU.
- Utilized Quality Assurance Documentation System (QADS) to check for, and perform, last minute changes to the ADBOM prior to release.
- Coordinated with Electronic Equipment Logbook (EEL team) to resolve EEL Exceptions in the ADBOM.
- Verified data using multiple sources, including Lightning Trak, J0825, F-35 ALIS applications, ATLAS, and others. Utilized analysis and profiling techniques when sources provided conflicting data to determine which source is more likely correct based on trends.
- Wrote JIRA stories detailing the desired capability and logic for software engineering to implement on our Auxiliary Data System (ADS).
- Evaluated ADS updates to ensure functionality and provided demos to the users of the system to display its capabilities.
Engineering – General/Multidiscipline
Triumph Aerospace Structures
02.2017 - 08.2018
- Coordinated between engineering design, Material Review Board, and final assembly line production to facilitate Engineering Quick Responses (EQR) to various production and functionality problems.
- Developed concept and detail models to process RTEs and PCRs.
- Collaborated with another engineer to develop an instruction manual for identifying the configuration of specific production aircraft.
- Utilized Catia VPM and Enovia LCA to create and release 3D models, 2D drawings, and engineering rework instructions.
- Worked with quality and other MEs to join the two wings for drilling of Rib 1.
- Assisted mechanics with routine questions and problems, clarifying the engineering instructions, and updating the planning when required.
Education
Master of Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
University of Texas At Arlington
Arlington, TX01.2016
Bachelor of Science - Aerospace Engineering
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX01.2014
Skills
- Catia V5
- ProEngineer
- Enovia
- MATLAB
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
- Microsoft Office Suite
Timeline
Aeronautical Engineer Senior
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
05.2021 - Current
Engineering General - Multidiscipline
Triumph Aerospace Structures
05.2019 - 05.2021
Systems Engineer
Lockheed Martin Rotary Mission Systems
08.2018 - 05.2019
Engineering – General/Multidiscipline
Triumph Aerospace Structures
02.2017 - 08.2018
Bachelor of Science - Aerospace Engineering
University of Texas at Arlington
Master of Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
University of Texas At Arlington