David F. Knapp
Director, Avionics Core Engineering at SpaceX
- Role
- Director, Avionics Core Engineering at SpaceX
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About David F. Knapp
Technically strong Engineering Executive with extensive experience in Military & Civilian, Aircraft, Spacecraft, and Launch Vehicle engineering projects. Strong background in design for manufacture, mass savings, project management, and people development. Adept at developing both the talent and technical direction of engineering teams. Comfortable managing project teams from concept phase through full life cycle design, all the way to sustaining engineering.
Experience
Director, Avionics Core Engineering
Feb 2025 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US
Responsible for Ground Segment, Hardware Development Engineering, Avionics Test Engineering, PCB Design, & Sensor Development Transducer Engineering teams within the F9/Dragon Engineering organization.
Education
University of Glasgow
B.Eng (Hons), Avionics (Aeronautical) Engineering
1996 — 2000
Skills
- Ptc Creo
- Routing
- Aircraft Design
- Teamcenter
- Vpm
- Concept Design
- Lean Manufacturing
- Computer-Aided Design (Cad)
- Unigraphics
- Testing
- Manufacturing
- Nx Unigraphics
- Design for Manufacturing
- E3d
- Avionics
- Pdm
- Diagrams
- Aerospace Engineering
- Harness
- Engineering Management
- Catia
- Model Checking
- Engineering Design
- Aircraft
- Siemens Nx
- Zuken E3
- Wire Harness Design
- Circuit Diagrams
- Systems Engineering
- Electrical Routing
- Cabling
- Installation Drawings
- Iai Harnessys
- Ewb
- Cad
- Formboards
- Integration
- Product Design
- Modeling
- Nx
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