NATHAN BEVEL
Woodward, Inc.
Santa Clarita,CA
18
years of professional experience
Mechanical engineer with 14+ years of aerospace product design experience focused on electrohydraulic servovalves, flight control actuators, and thrust reverse actuation systems. Proven success leading cross-functional teams, managing complex project schedules, and driving product development from initial concept through qualification. Strong background in requirements management, verification planning, root cause analysis, customer communication, and design.
Work History
Sr. Engineering Manager
2 Years 4 Months- Engineering organization site lead supporting electrohydraulic servovalve and hydraulic actuation product lines with 20+ direct reports.
- Manage engineering budgets, resource allocation, staffing, and technical priorities across development and sustaining programs.
- Provide technical and program leadership for new product development.
- Track project execution against schedule, cost, and performance objectives while communicating status, risks, and mitigation plans to executive leadership and customers.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams including engineering, operations, quality, manufacturing, and supply chain.
- Lead customer engagements, technical reviews, and strategic product discussions.
- Direct RCCA investigations and continuous improvement initiatives improving product reliability, manufacturability, and delivery performance.
Mechanical Engineer (Levels I-IV)
10 Years 6 Months- Served as technical lead for the design, development, integration, and support of electrohydraulic servovalves and hydraulic actuators while ensuring compliance with industry and customer requirements.
- Led integrated product team activities including new product integration, yield improvement initiatives, manufacturability improvements, and supplier part transitions.
- Created and revised engineering drawings, CAD models, BOMs, acceptance test procedures, and specification compliance documentation within an AS9100 compliant quality management system.
- Supported qualification and verification testing, data analysis, troubleshooting, and failure investigations.
- Performed product analysis including tolerance stackups, performance modeling, and stress.
- Developed and applied analytical models to guide design decisions and substantiations.
- Dispositioned non-conforming hardware as an authorized MRB engineer.
Engineering Intern
4 Years- Supported servovalve production through CAD modeling, tolerance stackups, test support, reverse engineering tooling, and design improvement projects.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Skills
Hydraulics
Requirements Management
Verification & Qualification Testing
Budgeting and Resource Planning
Design reviews
RCCA & Failure Analysis
AS9100 and Configuration Management
CAD (NX
Creo
SolidWorks)
ASME Y14.5 GD&T
Tolerance Stackups
MATLAB
ERP Systems (SAP
WISE)
PLM Software (Windchill
Teamcenter)
Finite Element Analysis
MRB
Passed FE
Timeline
Sr. Engineering Manager
Woodward, Inc.
03.2024 - CurrentRead More
Mechanical Engineer (Levels I-IV)
Woodward, Inc.
09.2013 - 03.2024Read More
Engineering Intern
Woodward, Inc.
01.2009 - 01.2013Read More
San Jose State University
Bachelor of Science from Mechanical Engineering
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