Teams at Whisper Aero

Leads ground-test engineering and technician teams while owning test strategy, facility infrastructure, safety, data quality, budgets, schedules, and customer deliverables. Oversees propulsion testing across performance, acoustics, structural dynamics, durability, environmental, and electrical systems. Develops instrumentation, data acquisition, automation, calibration, reporting, and quality processes, personally driving campaigns for NASA, DoD, and commercial customers.

Conduct CFD and aerodynamic analyses for advanced electric propulsion systems and airframe integration. Perform steady and transient simulations, design optimization, aeroacoustic and aeroelastic studies, code validation, testing support, and technical reporting. Develop analysis tools, support propulsor and airframe design decisions, and collaborate with flight sciences, engineering, project leadership, customers, and contractors throughout the product lifecycle.

Lead strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier industrialization, production planning, and logistics for electric aerospace propulsion products. Manage supplier selection, contracts, purchase orders, material availability, ERP/MRP data, BOMs, freight, import/export compliance, and aerospace quality requirements. Partner with Engineering, Quality, Program Management, and Finance to establish AS9100-compliant suppliers, mitigate shortages, and scale products from development through serial production.