Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Product Team - Airframe @ (November 2025 - March 2026)
Manufacturing Engineer @ (January 2024 - November 2025)
Structural Design Engineer @ (October 2021 - January 2024)
Research Assistant @ (June 2020 - June 2021)
Engineering Assistant @ (May 2017 - May 2020)
Tennis Coach @ Greater Lafayette Tennis Association (June 2014 - December 2017)
Ryan Howard Education
Purdue University
Bachelor’s Degree (Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering)
2016-2021
McCutcheon High School
High School (Honors with Distinction Diploma)
2012-2016
Ryan Howard Skills
3D Printing
Abaqus
Aerodynamics
Aerospace Engineering
Aircraft Design
Aircraft Structures
CAD/CAM
CATIA
Composite Structures
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
DFMA
Data Analysis
Data Processing
Design Engineering
Design for Assembly
Design for Manufacturing
Drone Piloting
FEMAP
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
I-deas
LaTeX
Leadership
Manufacturing
Matlab
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Modal Analysis
Modal Testing
Nastran
Onshape
OpenVSP
Overleaf
Project Management
Public Speaking
Python (Programming Language)
Research
SOLIDWORKS
Siemens NX
Solid Mechanics
Stress Analysis
Structural Analysis
Teamwork
Testing
Topology optimization
Vibrata
XFLR5
Ryan Howard Summary
Ryan Howard, based in San Jose, CA, US, is currently a Founding Structures Engineer at Vight. Ryan Howard brings experience from previous roles at Archer, Supernal and School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University. Ryan Howard holds a 2016 - 2021 Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering @ Purdue University. With a robust skill set that includes 3D Printing, Abaqus, Aerodynamics, Aerospace Engineering, Aircraft Design and more.
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