Clint Struder

At Boeing, I work in the Space and Defense sector of the company, manufacturing complex flight/prototype aerospace components and fixtures, utilizing Mastercam and NX CAM software. In this position I perform full process prototype CNC machining of spaceflight components and experimental hardware. Including: Programming, set-up, operation, deburring, cleaning, and initial inspection. I also have gained experience programming and operating EDM wire/sinker machines.

At Virgin Orbit, I worked as a CNC Machinist/Programmer helping to program and machine very tight tolerance rocket parts using next gen machining centers and live tooling lathes. While with this company I manufactured many high quality parts for our LauncherOne rocket which is used to launch small satellites to orbit from the wing of a 747. With this company I learned many things to facilitate my career in advanced manufacturing, I learned more in-depth operation of celos control using DMG Mori machines, and also gained much more experience with large 3-5 axis mills. I gained much more experience programming and designing fixturing using MasterCAM and NX to machine parts within .0004-.001” tolerance.

At TransAstra, I have created many different high quality prototype parts by programming and operating various CNC machines using CAM software and conventional methods of machining. I have aided in helping this company grow from a small aerospace company in a small building with a small machine shop that outsourced all parts, to having now a full machine shop and making all parts in-house for the companies asteroid mining spacecraft variations and high-power Newtonian tracking telescopes. I have enjoyed working with this company and have greatly increased my knowledge of efficient CNC programming using multiple types of CAD/CAM software.

At SpaceX, I worked as a Booster Engineering Technician(Machinist) creating precise parts used for accelerating development of advanced rocket systems using 3-5 axis CNC machines and manual machines using blueprints provided by the engineers within the company. With this team I fabricated many different components of the Starship spacecraft along with the booster that is used to get the ship to space. I have also helped aid the team completely relocate our entire machine shop into a new building and was given the responsibility of organizing the layout of our tool room to increase productivity immensely from our previous location.

At Henderson Stamping, I worked as a Tool and Die maker. Making and maintaining large dies for airbag explosive components using 3-axis cnc machines and manual machines to a high standard while maintaining the tight tolerances required of die making. While employed with this company I worked on many different types of large dies for 100-1600 ton presses and was able to maintain tolerances at or below those required by the customer on all large production runs.