Alex Pal

About Alex Pal

Cross functional technology and team leader, engineering product development and management. Hands on proven product and technology developer from design to manufacturing. Aerospace, Military, Biomedical and Consumer industry.* Project management based on AS9100 and MIL-STD-1521 specifications. Lean six sigma, DOE based Process validation and product qualification.* Managed Aerospace and biomedical SRR, PDR, CRD, MRR, TRR based design development reviews with customer towards successful qualification and production. Government contracts such as NRO, NRL, DOD, and Airforce.* Lithium Ion implantable cell and battery design, battery pack structure design for bio-medical, commercial and military vehicles, for satellite and aerospace applications* Laser, resistance and ultrasonic welding system and process design with validation for implantable and aerospace applications of the batteries and Li Ion cells.* Li Ion cell manufacturing plant layout and equipment design, mixing, coating, pressing, slitting, die cutting, winding/stacking filling, sealing with equipment and process validation following the IQ, OQ, PQ requirements- Sensors, for Falcon9, Starship, Raptor and Dragon launch vehicle and spacecraft, design and manufacturing- Spinal Cord Stimulation Li-Ion implantable cell mechanical design and process development, 4k units/mo production output- Behind the Ear Cochlear cell mechanical design and process development, 2k units/mo production output- DXF cell dev and production for implantable insulin pump, Dexcom- Blood pressure transducer, implanted in the heart muscle. Savacor- LVAD Li-Ion implantable cell mechanical design and process development- Satellite 75 Ah Li-Ion cell; mechanical design, qualification test and in production-\"Orion\" battery for crew launch abort system; design, process development and qualification for flight. Flown in October of 20•••••50 cell heat balancing material and structure design to slow and stop the cell thermal runaway - Hypersonic Wayverider; battery design, assembly process development and qualification test for flight; Flown in 2010 to 2013- Tacsat-4, cell and battery design collaboration NRO/NRL, launched in Sept. of 2011- Pegasus rocket, battery pack for avionics; design and assembly process development of aerospace, qualified hardware in production- SLS battery pack design, flight qualified in production- UAV battery pack design, process development and production. Predator, Reaper flight qualified.

Experience

1. Principal Avionics Engineer

   SpaceX

   Sep 2020 — Present · Hawthorne, CA, US

   Sensor development to manufacturing of latest technology based sensors. Production line design from pilot to high throughput for fast turnaround implementation based on automated processes.

Education

• Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov

  Master's degree, material sciences and metallurgy

  1994 — 1995

• Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov

  Bachelor's degree, Mechanical engineering and material sciences

  1990 — 1994