Aerospace

Engineering professionals in Aerospace

Aerospace engineers make daily choices about materials, manufacturing processes, and design tolerances that directly affect whether a product ships on time, performs reliably, and costs what you budgeted. Talk with people who've owned these decisions to understand which constraints actually matter most for your project.

10 professionals6 companiesData retrieved September 27, 2026

Professionals to explore

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  1. Conor Riordan

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Engineering Director · GE Aerospace

    Experience directing engineering teams within an aerospace component manufacturing company, following prior roles in avionics and inertial navigation engineering.

  2. Dayton Whitfield

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Engineering, 777X · Boeing

    Experience directing engineering integration across design, manufacturing, certification, safety, and flight test for commercial aircraft programs at a major aerospace manufacturer.

  3. Keith Ritchie

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Engineering Director, Program Chief Engineer - Airbus Programs · Collins Aerospace

    Experience serving as an engineering director and program chief engineer overseeing composite structures and aircraft program engineering at an aerospace component manufacturer.

  4. Kevin M Raub

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Sr Director · Honeywell Aerospace

    Experience directing an aerospace engineering organization and prior roles applying FAA certification expertise to gas turbine engine development and testing programs.

  5. Kirk Ludwig

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Systems Engineering and Electronics & Payloads · Northrop Grumman

    Experience directing systems engineering and electronics and payloads engineering teams supporting aerospace and defense research, technology, and engineering programs.

  6. Paul Sewell

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Engineering Leader · Boeing

    Experience as a production engineering manager overseeing composite wing assembly line implementation and operations for commercial aircraft manufacturing at a major aerospace company.

  7. Peter Umino

    LinkedIn

    Experience: BCA 777X Mechanical Systems Chief Engineer · Boeing

    Experience leading mechanical systems engineering for commercial aircraft programs, including chief engineer roles overseeing environmental control systems development at a major aerospace manufacturer.

  8. Steve Hamblin

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Senior Director, Engineering · Virgin Galactic

    Experience leading mechanical systems engineering teams for spaceship vehicle development, including prior roles in vehicle design and mechanical systems design at an aerospace company.

  9. Tarek Mahmoud

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Senior Engineering Leader Stress, Manufacturing, Payloads System Engineering · Boeing

    Experience leading structures, stress, and manufacturing engineering across multiple commercial aircraft programs including 787, 777, 777X, 767 and 747 at a major aerospace manufacturer.

  10. Yehia Dib

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director Of Engineering · Honeywell Aerospace

    Experience directing engineering organizations spanning systems, software, hardware, mechanical and certification engineering at aerospace component manufacturing companies.

Choose the right perspective

Look for candidates who've worked on specific programs from design through production. Ask them to describe a constraint they hit—a material that didn't behave as expected, a manufacturing process that couldn't hold tolerances, or a reliability issue found late. Their answer shows whether they understand real tradeoffs between cost, schedule, and performance.

Questions to take into the conversation

  1. 01Tell me about a time when a technical constraint forced you to choose between delivering on schedule, keeping costs down, or meeting performance requirements. What did you choose and why?
  2. 02Which manufacturing or material limitation surprised you most during a program, and how did it change what you'd recommend for a similar project?
  3. 03Walk me through a reliability or quality issue that affected operating cost. What would you do differently if you started that program again?

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